Quack



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.冒充内行之人; 庸医
• ［英］ n.冒充内行之人 ( charlatan) ; 庸医 ( a pretender to medical skill)
• ［类］ 反义词: honest practitioner ( 诚实的从业者)
• ［记］ 和quick ( 快) 一起记, 庸医骗完钱就走

Webster Collegiate

kI. intransitive verb

• Etymology: alteration of queck to quack, from Middle English queken, from queke, interjection, of imitative origin
• Date: 14th century
• to make the characteristic cry of a duck

II. noun

• Date: 1798
• a noise made by quacking

III. intransitive verb

• Etymology: ［sup］4［/sup］quack
• Date: 1628
• to act like a quack

IV. noun

• Etymology: short for quacksalver
• Date: 1638
• 1. charlatan 2
• 2. a pretender to medical skill
• ? quackish adjective

V. adjective

• Date: 1653
• of, relating to, or used by quacks <quack cancer cures>

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