| 单词 | mountebank |
| 释义 | mountebankWord family nounmountebankmountebankery moun·te·bank /ˈmaʊntɪbæŋk/ noun [countableC] literary ALDISHONESTa dishonest person who tricks and deceives people 江湖骗子 Examples from the Corpus mountebank• Politically, Mr Ashdown is a mountebank, not a moralist.• He hated being the object of public attention and ridicule like some fairground mountebank.• Are you allowing yourselves to be fooled by this mountebank, this harlequin?• She was to marry this mountebank, this hypocritical toad of a Sir Thomas. (1500-1600) Italian montimbanco, from monta in banco “get on the bench”; because people selling things to the public stood on a raised surface |
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