mountebank
发音
英 [ˈmaʊntɪbæŋk]
美 [ˈmaʊntəˌbæŋk]
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- n.
- 江湖骗子，江湖医生
单词词源
mountebank 江湖骗子
来自意大利语monta in banco,江湖骗子，杂耍人，来自monta,骑，跨，词源同mount,banco,凳子，词源同 bench.用来讽刺在集市上摆个凳子卖狗皮膏药的人。
双语例句
- 1. For letting this mountebank slip through my blockade .
- 以引诱那个混蛋进入我的领地。
- 2. Yet I wager that I can shave a cheek with ten times more dexterity than any street mountebank .
- 但我敢打赌我刮胡子的手艺绝对比你这冒牌货强十倍。
- 3. He went instantly to the prison , descended to the cell of the " mountebank , " called him by name , took him by the hand , and spoke to him .
- 他立刻跑到监狱去，下到那“耍把戏的人”的牢房里，他叫他的名字，搀着他的手，和他谈话。
- 4. Usually once we thought she was mountebank , but face up the disaster , she is the ambassado of love .
- 日常我们曾经以为她是骗子在灾难面前，她是爱心大使！
- 5. The two children , picked up by some policeman and placed in the refuge , or stolen by some mountebank , or having simply strayed off in that immense chinese puzzle of a paris , did not return .
- 那两个孩子，也许是被什么警察收留关进拘留所了，或是被什么江湖艺人拐走了，或者压根儿就是迷失在这个无边无际的巴黎迷宫里了，他们没有回来。