音标:['maʊntɪbæŋk] ;
n. 江湖郎中,骗子
vi. 行骗;走江湖卖假药

mountebank的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. It was impossible to dismiss him as a mountebank, a paper hanger.我们不可能把他当成一个江湖郎中或者一个裱褙工人,抛在脑后。

经典引文

  • Theatrical, not to say charlatan and mountebank, politics.

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