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

During a political campaign, you will often hear on TV commercials some canard about the opponent. This is a false, deluding statement designed to confuse the voters, as it presents the other candidate in a bad light by spreading an untruth.

The Old French word quanart, "duck," morphed into canard, as in "vendre un canard à moitié," which refers to "half-selling" a duck, or cheating someone, and the word came to mean something meant to fool someone deliberately. Poet James Whitcomb Riley said, "When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck." Not always the case with canard.

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canard: canards

USAGE EXAMPLES

French satirical and investigative weekly Le Canard Enchaine last week published excerpts of what it said was a letter by U.S.

Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016)

The only role left for him, Ferdinand fears, is as Christmas canard à l’orange.

The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016)

This is one of the many canards pushed by the “hoaxers,” as they call themselves.

The New Yorker(Nov 22, 2016)

n a deliberately misleading fabrication

Hyper

fable, fabrication, fiction

a deliberately false or improbable account

单词	canard
释义	canard (once / 19999 pages) n During a political campaign, you will often hear on TV commercials some canard about the opponent. This is a false, deluding statement designed to confuse the voters, as it presents the other candidate in a bad light by spreading an untruth. The Old French word quanart, "duck," morphed into canard, as in "vendre un canard à moitié," which refers to "half-selling" a duck, or cheating someone, and the word came to mean something meant to fool someone deliberately. Poet James Whitcomb Riley said, "When I see a bird that walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck, I call that bird a duck." Not always the case with canard. WORD FAMILY canard: canards USAGE EXAMPLES French satirical and investigative weekly Le Canard Enchaine last week published excerpts of what it said was a letter by U.S. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) The only role left for him, Ferdinand fears, is as Christmas canard à l’orange. The New Yorker(Dec 22, 2016) This is one of the many canards pushed by the “hoaxers,” as they call themselves. The New Yorker(Nov 22, 2016) n a deliberately misleading fabrication Hyper fable, fabrication, fiction a deliberately false or improbable account
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