charlatan

FREQ #22749

n. 庸医 [医] 庸医, 江湖医

发音

US /ˈʃɑɹlətən/
CA
UK /ˈʃɑːlətən/

词形变化

charlatans 复数 charlatans

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.

    骗子

    庸医

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

mountebank

上位词 6

cheat cheater trickster deceiver slicker beguiler

下位词 3

quack craniologist phrenologist

词源

From Middle French charlatan, from Old Italian ciarlatano (“quack”), a blend of ciarlatore (“chatterer”) + cerretano (“hawker, quack”, literally “native of Cerreto”) (Cerreto di Spoleto being a village in Umbria, known for its quacks).

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