mountebank
n.江湖郎中,骗子
难易程度:
mountebank为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:mountebanked 过去分词:mountebanked 现在分词:mountebanking 第三人称单数:mountebanks
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mountebank
/'maʊntɪbæŋk; `mauntə,bæŋk/
n (dated or rhet derog 旧或修辞, 贬) person who tries to cheat others by clever talk; swindler 江湖骗子.
mountebank
n[C]literary
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Italian;Origin: montimbanco, from monta in banco 'get on the bench'; because people selling things to the public stood on a raised surface]
a dishonest person who tricks and deceives people