| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024char•la•tan /ˈʃɑrlətən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who pretends to have knowledge or skill;
fraud.
char•la•tan•ism, char•la•tan•ry, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024char•la•tan (shär′lə tn),USA pronunciation n. - a person who pretends to more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses; quack.
- Italian ciarlatano, equivalent. to ciarla(tore) chatterer (derivative of ciarlare to chatter; from imitative root) + (cerre)tano hawker, quack, literally, native of Cerreto, a village in Umbria, known for its quacks
- Middle French
- 1595–1605
impostor, mountebank, fraud, fake, phony. |