中英互译
mountebank
英 /ˈmaʊntɪbæŋk/美 /ˈmaʊntɪbæŋk/
基本释义
- n.江湖郎中,骗子
- vi.行骗;走江湖卖假药
双语例句
- The nation was led astray by a mountebank.这个国家被一个夸夸其谈的骗子引入歧途。
- I feared the woman had no better thought than to make a mountebank of her child!我本来担心这女人除去拿她的孩子装幌子再也没有更好的想法呢!
- I remember. there was an impudent mountebank who sold pills which as he told the country people were very good against an earthquake Joseph Addison.我记得…有一个厚颜无耻的商人来推销能(据他对村民们所说的)对付地震极为有效的药片(约瑟夫·艾迪生)。
网络短语
- mountebank tumbler变戏法者
- impostor mountebank冒名顶替的骗子
- cape of the mountebank郎中披风
- mountebank k骗子;江湖郎中
- a mountebank庸医
同义词
英英释义
- n.a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes
词源
- mountebank江湖骗子来自意大利语monta in banco,江湖骗子,杂耍人,来自monta,骑,跨,词源同mount,banco,凳子,词源同 bench.用来讽刺在集市上摆个凳子卖狗皮膏药的人。