mountebank

英['maʊntɪbæŋk]美['maʊntɪbæŋk]
  • n. 江湖郎中;骗子
mountebanked mountebanked mountebanking mountebanks
GRE
Noun:
  1. a flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes

1. The nation was led astray by a mountebank.
这个国家被一个夸夸其谈的骗子引入歧途。

来自辞典例句

    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。

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