chaffer
英 ['tʃæfə]
美['tʃæfɚ]
- n. 讲价
- vi. 讲价；讨价还价
- vt. 讲价；讨价还价
英英释义
- 1. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.);
- "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
- 2. talk socially without exchanging too much information;
- "the men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze"
双语例句
- 1. Soames checked his instinctive " Not particular " -- he would not chaffer with this alien.
- 索米斯抑制着那句 “ 无所谓 ” 的口头禅没有说 -- 跟这个外国家伙犯不着噜苏.
来自辞典例句
英文词源
- chaffer (n.)
- "a bargain," early 13c., cheffare "buying and selling," also (14c.) cheapfare, probably from Old English ceap "bargain, traffic, gain, sale" (see cheap) + faru "faring, going" (see fare (n.)). In later use, "haggling." The verb is recorded from mid-14c.
词态变化
第三人称单数: chaffers;过去式: chaffered;过去分词: chaffered;现在分词: chaffering;