commerce

名词 n. 动词 v.
/ˈkɒm.əs/    /ˈkɑ.mɚs/|/ˈkɔm.əs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; especially the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic. countable,uncountable
  2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity. countable,uncountable
    — [A]ll libertine diſcourſe, and familiarities vvith vvomen, […] nay even friendſhip it ſelfe […] muſt be vvatched vvith great prudence to be kept ſafe: for vvhich cauſe in ſtead of all theſe perillous commerces of our love, I vvill preferre ſo ſecure an object to it, […]
  3. Sexual intercourse. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — carnal commerce
  4. An 18th-century French card game in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To carry on trade; to traffic. archaic,intransitive
    — [A]lwaies beware you commerce not with bankrupts, […]
  2. To hold conversation; to communicate. archaic,intransitive
    — No, sir, he, / Vex'd with a morbid devil in his blood / That veil'd the world with jaundice, hid his face / From all men, and commercing with himself, / He lost the sense that handles daily life— […]

词形变化

commerces plural commerces present,singular,third-person commercing participle,present commerced participle,past commerced past

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French commerce, from Latin commercium. Doublet of comess.
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