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单词 charlatan
释义
char·la·tan (shärlə-tən)
n.
A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.

[French, from Italian ciarlatano, probably alteration (influenced by ciarlare, to prattle) of cerretano, inhabitant of Cerreto, a city of Italy once famous for its quacks.]

charla·tanic (-tănĭk), charla·tani·cal adj.
charla·tan·ism, charla·tan·ry n.
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