snake oil
短语n. 骗人的万灵油
发音
AU
释义与例句
n.
-
1.
A fraudulent, ineffective potion or nostrum; panacea.
习语 不可数 -
2.
A traditional Chinese medicine used to treat joint pain.
不可数 -
3.
A type of 19th-century patent medicine sold in the United States that claimed to contain snake fat, supposedly a Native American remedy for various ailments.
不可数 -
4.
Any product with exaggerated marketing but questionable or unverifiable quality.
习语 不可数