店裡備著的貨
這一支就是畫面本身：實際存在的貨與器材，攤在架上、堆在倉庫裡。現在多見於商業、法律和舊小說。
noun · C1
All the goods and supplies that a shop or business keeps ready so that it can do business — the things it has on hand to sell or to work with.
存貨
核心畫面
Picture a small shop. On the shelves stand the things the owner always keeps ready, because those are the things the shop sells. That waiting-on-the-shelf stock is one way to hold this word: whatever you always have on hand, ready to bring out the moment it is needed. Move the shelves out of the shop and into a person, and the same picture still works — the questions a host always asks, the voice a singer always relies on.
可以想成一間小店的架子。架上長期擺著的東西，就是這間店隨時拿得出來賣的東西。stock-in-trade 的畫面就在…更多收起
可以想成一間小店的架子。架上長期擺著的東西，就是這間店隨時拿得出來賣的東西。stock-in-trade 的畫面就在這裡：你手邊常備、需要時馬上端得出來的那一批貨。把這個架子從店裡搬進一個人身上，畫面一樣成立——主持人每次都問的那個問題、歌手每次都靠的那把嗓子，都是他隨時拿得出來的存貨。Two branches
一個人隨時拿得出來的那一套
把架子搬進人身上。一個人心裡也有一批常備的東西：固定的招數，或是靠它吃飯的本事。兩者都是「需要時馬上端得出來」，所以沿用同一個字。這是概念上的延伸，不是在主張歷史上的先後。
noun · C1
Something that a person, group, or business does or says so often that people come to expect it from them; the way of working they are known for.
招牌手法