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customer

英 ['kʌstəmə] 美 ['kʌstəmɚ]

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解释

n. 顾客；家伙

※ 提供单词"customer"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

customer 顾客

来自custom, 惯例，海关。原指海关官员，后指买者，顾客。

英文词源

customer (n.): late 14c., "customs official;" later "buyer" (early 15c.), from Anglo-French custumer, from Medieval Latin custumarius, from Latin consuetudinarius (see custom (n.)). More generalized meaning "a person with whom one has dealings" emerged 1540s; that of "a person to deal with" (usually wth an adjective, tough, etc.) is by 1580s. In Shakespeare, the word also can mean "prostitute."

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例句和用法

1. In some stores we were undermanned and customer service was suffering.: 有些店我们人手不足，对顾客照顾不周。

2. It does not matter one whit to the customer.: 这对顾客来说一点关系都没有。

3. Several manufacturers are also nibbling away at Ford's traditional customer base.: 几家制造商也在蚕食福特公司的传统客户群。

4. As one former customer said cynically, "He's probably pocketed the difference!": 正如一位愤世嫉俗的旧主顾所说的那样，“他很可能把差额塞进了自己的腰包！”

5. The owners of the store have stepped up customer mailings.: 店主们加大了对顾客的邮寄宣传力度。