| 释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024huck•ster /ˈhʌkstɚ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Informal Termsa person who uses showy methods of promoting or advertising things.
- a person who sells small items;
hawker.
huck•ster•ish, adj. huck•ster•ism, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024huck•ster (huk′stər),USA pronunciation n. - a retailer of small articles, esp. a peddler of fruits and vegetables;
hawker. - a person who employs showy methods to effect a sale, win votes, etc.:the crass methods of political hucksters.
- a cheaply mercenary person.
- Informal Terms
- a persuasive and aggressive salesperson.
- a person who works in the advertising industry, esp. one who prepares aggressive advertising for radio and television.
v.t., v.i. - to deal, as in small articles, or to make petty bargains:to huckster fresh corn; to huckster for a living.
- to sell or promote in an aggressive and flashy manner.
- Middle English huccstere (perh. cognate with Middle Dutch hokester), equivalent. to hucc- haggle (cognate with dialect, dialectal German hucken to huckster) + -stere -ster 1150–1200
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: huckster /ˈhʌkstə/ n - a person who uses aggressive or questionable methods of selling
- rare a person who sells small articles or fruit in the street
- US a person who writes for radio or television advertisements
vb - (transitive) to peddle
- (transitive) to sell or advertise aggressively or questionably
- to haggle (over)
Etymology: 12th Century: perhaps from Middle Dutch hoekster, from hoeken to carry on the back |