stallholder

stallholder — 名詞

1. Someone who rents a small stand at a market and offers goods for sale there.

1.名詞B2
釋義

攤販；攤商

在市場擁有或租用攤位賣東西的人

Someone who rents a small stand at a market and offers goods for sale there.

例句

Lukas, a stallholder at the weekend market, sells fresh herbs and spices.

Lukas 在週末市場擺攤，販賣新鮮的香草和香料。

collocation: weekend market

The new rent increase has upset many stallholders at the city's main market.

新的租金調漲讓城市主要市場的許多攤販感到不滿。

同義詞
  • vendor

    broader term — can refer to anyone selling, not just from a market stall

  • trader

    slightly more formal; often used for regular market sellers

  • seller

    general term; less specific to market settings

  • merchant

    more formal and old-fashioned; suggests a larger business

反義詞
  • customer

    the person buying rather than selling

  • shopper

    someone visiting the market to buy items

用法筆記

Commonly used with a location phrase (at the Saturday market, on the high street) or a type-of-goods phrase (a vegetable stallholder).

常見錯誤

❌I bought it from a stall at the market.' (when referring to the person)
✅I bought it from a stallholder at the market.
💡stall is the physical stand; stallholder is the person who runs it.