| 单词 | snake oil |
| 释义 | snake oil (once / 100164 pages) n WORD FAMILY snake oil: snake oils USAGE EXAMPLESThey were afraid of a snake oil salesman running for the highest office – and frankly, that’s what we got. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) “It was called the ‘snake oil of surgery’ at the time. Seattle Times(Dec 11, 2016) There’s also Alex Jones’ site InfoWars, which has been spewing conspiracy theories and hawking snake oil for decades as well. Salon(Nov 25, 2016) 1n (medicine) any of various liquids sold as medicine (as by a travelling medicine show) but medically worthless Hyper liquid a substance that is liquid at room temperature and pressure 2n communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive Syn|Hyper humbug deceit, deception, misrepresentation a misleading falsehood |
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