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quack

/kwak/US // kwæk //UK // (kwæk) //

庸医,庸人自扰,呱呱叫,庸人自扰者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the harsh, throaty cry of a duck or any similar sound.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to utter the cry of a duck or a sound resembling it.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Their conspiracy theorists and quack cure purveyors were kept at the fringes, not given nightly forums on national television.

  • Once a new queen emerges, she stops quacking and starts tooting.

  • Extraordinary things occurred the last time Republicans took legislative power away from a liberal quack.

  • Humor and historical distance allow me to illustrate how a quack operates in a way that I could not with a contemporary example.

  • Many people quote quack “scientists” in a desperate attempt to deny climate change and our role in it.

  • What matters is that race evolved into the Avoca Quack-Off, one of Nebraska's quirkiest -- or quackiest -- winter events.

  • Google his name, and the top two related searches come up as “Daniel Amen scam” and “Daniel Amen quack.”

  • If you find a physician opposed to the use of antitoxin this simply means that he is a quack.

  • No, I'm only going to save the reputation of AEsculapius by giving him a prescription got from a quack to give to a goose.

  • "Only a quack medical concern looking for a stall to impress their come-ons," explained Waldemar.

  • "I'll have my lawyer draw up a form of contract and mail it after you to-morrow," promised the quack with a crafty look.

  • Why, I assumed that your quest of the quack's scion would have trained you down fit for anything.