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newsvendor

/nooz-ven-der, nyooz-/US // ˈnuzˌvɛn dər, ˈnyuz- //

新闻贩子,新闻供应商,新闻工作者,新闻发言人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chiefly British.

    • : a person who sells newspapers or periodicals.

Examples

  • Before getting into the train, I observed a newsvendor on the platform.

  • Her eye had unconsciously been arrested by the posters which the newsvendor was deftly glueing down on the pavement.

  • The newsvendor, grizzled and sunburnt right into the wrinkles, picked up the sheet and looked at her wonderingly.

  • Sir John bustled on, anxious to anticipate in other quarters the coming newsvendor, and Sir Robert turned to his lieutenant.

  • The newsvendor's stall and the doctor's office within hail of each other!