quack

🇬🇧 UK/kwæk/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

The sound a duck makes; a person who falsely claims medical knowledge or skill

鸭叫声;冒牌医生,江湖郎中

v.

To make the sound of a duck

嘎嘎叫

adj.

Falsely claimed to have medicinal or healing powers

冒牌的,江湖骗子的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
quackother
=quack

Common Collocations

  • 1.quack doctor江湖郎中
  • 2.quack remedy假药偏方
  • 3.quack medicine骗人的药
  • 4.[quack cure]虚假疗法

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The children laughed as the duck let out a loud quack by the pond.

  • 2.

    He turned out to be a quack who sold fake remedies to desperate patients.

  • 3.

    Don't trust that quack — he has no medical license whatsoever.

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