mountebank

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who sells dubious medicines.
    — She is abus'd, ſtolne from me, and corrupted / By Spels, and Medicines, bought of Mountebanks
  2. One who sells by deception; a con artist.
    — Donne was a mountebank who wrapped up his lack of meaning in hard words.
  3. Any boastful, false pretender.
    — They ſay this towne is full of coſenage: / As nimble Iuglers that deceiue the eie: / Darke working Sorcerers that change the minde: / Soule-killing Witches that deforme the bodie: / Diſguiſed Cheaters, prating Mountebankes, / And manie ſuch like liberties of ſinne:
  4. An acrobat. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To act as a mountebank. intransitive
  2. To cheat by boasting and false pretenses. transitive
    — Ile Mountebanke their Loues, / Cogge their Hearts from them,

词形变化

mountebanks plural mountebanks present,singular,third-person mountebanking participle,present mountebanked participle,past mountebanked past

词汇关系

衍生词
mountebankery mountebankish mountebankism
相关词
saltimbanco patent medicine snake oil

词源

词源 1
From archaic Italian montambanco (“quack who mounts a bench to hawk his wares”), contracted from monta-in-banco (“mount on bench”).
词源 2
From archaic Italian montambanco (“quack who mounts a bench to hawk his wares”), contracted from monta-in-banco (“mount on bench”).
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