quacksalver

n. 冒牌医生, 骗子 [法] 庸医, 骗子

发音

UK /ˈkwæksælvə/
其它
US /ˈkwæksælvɚ/

词形变化

quacksalvers 复数 quacksalvers

别名

quack-salver

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One falsely claiming to possess medical or other skills, especially one who dispenses potions, ointments, etc., supposedly having curative powers; a quack.

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词源

Etymology tree Middle Dutch quacsalven Dutch quacksalverbor. English quacksalver From Dutch quacksalver (“a hawker of salve”) (now spelt kwakzalver), derived from Middle Dutch quacsalven (noun or verb), from kwaken (“to boast, to brag; to croak”) + salve (“ointment, salve”) (modern Dutch zalf) + -er (agent noun suffix).

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