英语词汇“quacksalvers”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

quacksalvers

释义

quack² /kwak/

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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