stationer: [15] In medieval Latin a statiōnārius was originally a ‘trader who kept a permanent stall’ (as opposed to an itinerant seller). The word was derived from Latin statiō ‘standing, keeping still’ (source of English station), which in the post-classical meaning evolved in meaning to ‘shop’. Such permanent shops were comparatively rare in the Middle Ages.
Of those that did exist, the commonest were bookshops, licensed by the universities, and so when English adopted the Latin term, it was used in the sense ‘bookseller’. It has since come down in the world somewhat to ‘seller of paper, pens, etc’ (a sense first recorded in the mid 17th century), but the earlier application is preserved in the name of the Stationers’ Company, a London livery company to which booksellers and publishers belong.
The derivative stationery dates from the 18th century. => station
stationer (n.)
"book-dealer, seller of books and paper," early 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), from Medieval Latin stationarius "tradesman who sells from a station or shop," noun use of Latin stationarius (see stationary). Roving peddlers were the norm in the Middle Ages; sellers with a fixed location often were bookshops licensed by universities; hence the word acquired a more specific sense than its etymological one.
stationer 英文释义
1. a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies
stationer 双语例句
1. Is there a stationer's near here?
这附近有没有文具店？
来自《权威词典》
2. The poor stationer was at the mercy of those from whom he borrowed money.
这可怜的文具商被他的债主们捏在了手心.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. I had heard of him from my stationer -- Snagsby of Cook's Court.
我是从文具店老板 -- 库克大院的斯纳斯比那边知道这个人的.
来自辞典例句
4. The law - stationer's establishment is, in Guster's eyes, a Temple of plenty and splendour.
在嘉斯德尔看来,法律文具店, 简直是人间天堂.
来自辞典例句
5. Pop along to the stationer's and get me some envelopes.
赶快到文具店去一下,给我买几个信封来.
来自互联网
stationer 实用场景例句
The poor stationer was at the mercy of those from whom he borrowed money.
这可怜的文具商被他的债主们捏在了手心.
《简明英汉词典》
I had heard of him from my stationer -- Snagsby of Cook's Court.
我是从文具店老板 -- 库克大院的斯纳斯比那边知道这个人的.
辞典例句
The law - stationer's establishment is, in Guster's eyes, a Temple of plenty and splendour.
在嘉斯德尔看来,法律文具店, 简直是人间天堂.
辞典例句
Pop along to the stationer's and get me some envelopes.
赶快到文具店去一下,给我买几个信封来.
互联网
I'm just popping round to he stationer's to get some envelopes.
我正匆匆去文具店买些信封.
互联网
Please let me introduce him, the boss of this stationer.
汉译英:他是这家文具店的老板.请允许我把他介绍给您.
互联网
I went into a stationer's to buy a picture.
我走进一家文具店去买一幅画.
互联网
He went into a stationer's to buy a ruler.
他到文具店买了把尺子.
互联网
The shop that sells stationery is called a stationer's.
卖文具的商店叫文具商店.
互联网
Stationer: Do you want the large size, or the small size?
文具商: 您要大的还是小的?
互联网
The shop that sells stationery is called a stationer's.
