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mountebank
UK
/ˈmaʊntəbaŋk/
US
/ˈmaʊntəˌbæŋk/
Traduzioni
mountebanks
pl
UK
/ˈmaʊntəbaŋk/
US
/ˈmaʊntəˌbæŋk/
The mountebank was selling fake potions at the market.
Шарлатан продавал поддельные зелья на рынке.
Traduzioni aggiuntive
mountebanked
Past Simple
mountebanked
Past Participle
mountebanking
Gerund
UK
/ˈmaʊntɪbæŋk/
US
/ˈmaʊntɪˌbæŋk/
He tried to mountebank the crowd with his fake remedies.
Он пытался обманывать толпу своими фальшивыми лекарствами.
Traduzioni aggiuntive
more mountebank
Comp.
most mountebank
Super.
UK
/ˈmaʊntɪbæŋk/
US
/ˈmaʊntɪˌbæŋk/
Occasional attributive use to qualify nouns with the sense ‘fraudulent; characteristic of a mountebank’.
Definizioni
The traveling mountebank set up his stall in the town square, promising miraculous cures to the gullible crowd.
The mountebank captivated the audience with his flamboyant speech, convincing them to buy his dubious potions.
He tried to mountebank his way into selling the fake medicine to unsuspecting customers.
The scheme was dismissed as a mountebank enterprise by the regulators.