| 单词 | mountebank |
| 释义 | mountebank —mountebankery /mown"teuh bangk'euh ree/, n. /mown"teuh bangk'/, n. 1. a person who sells quack medicines, as from a platform in public places, attracting and influencing an audience by tricks, storytelling, etc. 2. any charlatan or quack. v.i. 3. to act or operate as a mountebank. [1570-80; ( < MF) < It montimbanco one who climbs on a bench, equiv. to mont(are) to climb (see MOUNT1) + -im-, var. of in on + banco bench (see BANK2)] Syn. 1. pitchman. 2. phony, pretender, fraud. |
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