ironmonger是什么意思？

ironmonger

英[ˈaɪənmʌŋgə(r)] 美[ˈaɪərnmʌŋgə(r)]

• n. 铁器商，五金商；

复数：ironmongers;

例句

• He got his windmill on a system of easy payments that staggered even the ironmonger himself. 他买下了风车,付款条件之优惠,连五金商本人都感到惊异.
• In great Britain they used to call a hardware store an ironmonger's shop. 英国人过去把“hardwarestore”(五金店)称为 “ ironmonger'sshop”.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  五金经销商;五金店店主
  An ironmonger is a shopkeeper who sells articles for the house and garden such as tools, nails, and pans.
• N-COUNT
  五金商店
  An ironmonger or an ironmonger's is a shop where articles for the house and garden such as tools, nails, and pans are sold.

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. someone who sells hardware;
  "in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger"