C 顾客，主顾 a person who buys things from a shop

　customer　的基本意思是“顾客”，指具体的人，是可数名词，可加不定冠词或数词修饰，有复数形式。引申可指“人”“家伙”。

　attract ～s　吸引顾客
　draw ～s　招引顾客
　increase ～s　增多顾客
　lose ～s　减少顾客
　please ～s　取悦于顾客
　treat one's ～s fairly　公平对待顾客
　win ～s　赢得顾客
　casual ～　偶尔光临的顾客
　chance ～　偶然光顾的顾客
　hard ～　难对付的人
　old ～　老顾客
　potential ～　潜在顾客
　regular ～　老主顾
　rough ～　粗暴的人
　credit ～　赊购的顾客
　woman ～　女顾客

　She's rather a tricky customer to do business with.　她是个很难打交道的滑头家伙。
　What sort of a customer is he?　他是个什么样的人?
　These goods enjoy growing favour among the customers.　这些货物越来越受顾客的欢迎。
　That shopkeeper cheats his customers.　那个店主欺骗顾客。
　We should tend on customers warmly.　我们应该热情招待顾客。
　To save customers' time, they began a delivery service.　为了节省顾客的时间，他们实行送货上门。
　We must be responsible to customers.　我们必须对我们的顾客负责。
　Bargaining can go on the whole day, or even several days, with the customers coming and going at intervals.　讨价还价可以进行一整天，甚至进行好几天，买主则时来时往。
　There have only been six customers in the shop today.　今天店里就来了六位顾客。
　The new shop across the road has taken away most of my customers.　马路对面那家新开的商店把我的大部分顾客都抢走了。
　The drinks were produced in response to customer demand.　这种新饮料是按顾客的要求生产的。

 ♣ customer, guest, shopper
　这三个词都是“顾客”的意思。其区别是：guest指旅馆、饭店等的顾客；shopper指商店里的顾客；customer则是针对某一商店而言的顾客。

　［同义词］ buyer, client, consumer, patron
　［词源］古法语costume（习性，惯用）