单词 | passenger trade |
释义 | > as lemmaspassenger trade passenger trade n. ΚΠ 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland ii. vi. 30 At the ports of Belfast, Derry, &c. the passenger trade as they called it, had long been a regular branch of commerce, which employed several ships, and consisted in carrying people to America. 1866 ‘M. Twain’ Lett. from Hawaii (1967) 21 The sailing vessels..[are] too slow and uncertain to build up the passenger trade. 1972 ‘G. Black’ Bitter Tea (1973) vii. 110 The public is held back by a long counter..only we don't have much public really, not being in the passenger trade. < as lemmas |
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