quacks

英 [kwæks]

美 [kwæks]

n.  (鸭子的)呱呱声，嘎嘎声; 江湖郎中; 冒牌医生; 庸医
v.  (鸭子)呱呱叫，嘎嘎叫
quack的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 庸医；江湖郎中；冒牌医生
  If you call someone aquackor aquack doctor, you mean that they claim to be skilled in medicine but are not.
  1. I went everywhere for treatment, tried all sorts of quacks.
     我四处求医，看过了各种各样的江湖郎中。
• ADJ 江湖医术;骗人的医术
  Quack remediesorquack curesare medical treatments that you think are unlikely to work because they are not scientific.
  1. Why do intelligent people find quack remedies so appealing?
     为什么聪明人会被江湖医术所吸引？
• VERB (鸭子)发出嘎嘎声
  When a duckquacks, it makes the noise that ducks typically make.
  1. There were ducks quacking on the lawn.
     草地上有几只鸭子在嘎嘎叫。
  2. Quackis also a noun.
     
  3. Suddenly he heard a quack.
     他突然听见一声嘎嘎的叫声。

双语例句

• The fallacies of the fringe will not be proposed, although they have been investigated by myself, so I know what the quacks are telling "Joe Public".
  一些谬论我不会提议，虽然我已调查了这些谬论，因此我知道庸医所说的“乔公众”是什么意思了。
• Hard-working medical men may come to be almost as mischievous as quacks.
  辛勤工作的医生可能变成江湖郎中那样的骗子。
• A conscientious worker, pupil, attitude Hard-working medical men may come to be almost as mischievous as quacks.
  勤勤恳恳的工作人员、学生、态度.辛勤工作的医生可能变成江湖郎中那样的骗子。
• Away, then, with quacks and organizers!
  那么，让那些江湖郎中和组织者走开！
• They flaunted themselves as of the elect group, but actually most of them are quacks.
  它们标榜自己是出类拔萃的一样，可实际上它们大多数都是假充内行。
• Certainly, the timing fits to a tee, and as stated here regularly in the past: if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck then it surely is not a peacock.
  确实，时机正合适，正如我们一直在这唠叨的：如果某只秒走起来向鸭子，叫起来嘎嘎的，那么它肯定不是只孔雀。
• Those two quacks I've got working for me in the medical tent still can't find out what's wrong with me.
  医务室里我请来替我办事的那两个江湖医生，而直到现在还没有弄清楚我到底患了什么毛病。
• The United States, essential for knocking heads together, has a lame-duck president whose quacks for peace have probably come too late.
  各方均需美国来斡旋，但其跛脚鸭总统促成中东和解的努力未免来得太晚了。
• A crowd of soothsayers, magicians, and quacks armed with rings, hooks, and cords surrounded it.
  一群手持戒指、铁钩、绳索的巫师、道士、江湖郎中包围着他。
• Before you make up your mind, here are a few considerations: government healthcare and primary education are free; the private-sector doctors are ignorant quacks and the teachers are poorly qualified; the private schools are cramped and often illegal.
  在做决定之前，请考虑以下几点：公立医疗和初等教育是免费的；私营部门的医生是些无知的庸医，老师的素质也较差；私立学校空间局促，而且往往属于违法经营。