释义 |
mountebankmoun‧te‧bank /ˈmaʊntɪbæŋk/ noun [countable] literary mountebankOrigin: 1500-1600 Italian montimbanco, from monta in banco ‘get on the bench’; because people selling things to the public stood on a raised surface - Are you allowing yourselves to be fooled by this mountebank, this harlequin?
- He hated being the object of public attention and ridicule like some fairground mountebank.
- Politically, Mr Ashdown is a mountebank, not a moralist.
- She was to marry this mountebank, this hypocritical toad of a Sir Thomas.
a dishonest person who tricks and deceives people |