英语词汇“quacking”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

quacking

释义

quack¹ /kwak/

noun

The cry of a duck

intransitive verb

To utter (a sound like) a quack

ORIGIN: Imit

quackˈer noun

quackˈle intransitive verb (dialect)

To quack

noun

Someone who claims, and practises under the pretence of having, knowledge and skill (esp in medicine) that he or she does not possess
A doctor (slang)
A charlatan

adjective

Fraudulent

intransitive verb

To behave like a quack

transitive verb

To advertise, sell or treat in the manner of a quack

ORIGIN: Du quacksalver (now kwakzalver) perh someone who quacks about their salves (remedies)

quackˈery noun

The pretensions or practice of a quack, esp in medicine

quackˈish adjective

quackˈsalver noun (obsolete)

A quack

quackˈsalving adjective (obsolete).

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