huckster

n. 小商人, 叫卖的小贩, 吃广告饭的人 vt. 贩卖, 叫卖, 还价 vi. 叫卖, 讨价还价

发音

US /ˈhʌkstɚ/

词形变化

hucksters 复数 hucksters huckstered huckstering hucksters 三单 huckstering 现在分词 huckstered 过去式 huckstered 过去分词

别名

huxter

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.

  2. 2.

    Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.

  3. 3.

    One who deceptively sells fraudulent products; snake oil salesman.

  4. 4.

    Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.

v.
  1. 1.

    To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To sell or offer (goods) from place to place, to peddle.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To promote or sell (goods) in an aggressive, showy manner.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

cheapjack

上位词 8

seller vendor trafficker marketer advertiser vender adman advertizer
动词

同义词 8

pitch hawk peddle haggle monger chaffer higgle vend

上位词 5

deal sell trade bargain dicker

下位词 1

beat down

词源

From Middle English hukster, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, from Middle Low German höken (“to peddle”) or Middle Dutch hokester, itself from hoeken (“to peddle, bend, bear on the back”), all from Proto-Germanic *huk-, probably related to *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of English high). Compare hawkster. By surface analysis, huck + -ster.

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