[mass noun]the selling of goods in large quantities to be retailed by others 批发
adverb
being sold in such a way 用批发方式,以批发价出售地 bottles from this region sell wholesale at about £72 a case. 这个地区的酒批 发价为每箱72英镑。 ■on a large scale 大批地,大规模地 the safety clauses seem to have been taken wholesale from union documents. 安全条款似乎大量照搬了联邦文件的内容。
adjective
done on a large scale; extensive 大批的,大规模的;一扫无遗的 the wholesale destruction of Iraqi communications. 伊拉克通讯的大规模破坏。
verb
[with obj.]sell (goods) in large quantities at low prices to be retailed by others 批发(货物)
派生 wholesaler noun 语源
late Middle English: originally as by whole sale 'in large quantities'