| 单词 | huckster |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['hʌkstə] |
| 解释 | n.叫卖小贩，零售商 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 叫卖小贩，零售商(a peddler or hawker) 【记】 huck(=back驼背)+ste r(人)→背东西卖的人 →小贩 【同】 参考：huckleback(驼 背) |
| 字源 | huckster (n.) c.1200, "petty merchant, peddler" (often contemptuous), from Middle Dutch hokester "peddler," from hoken "to peddle" (see hawk (v.1)) + agent suffix -ster (which was typically feminine in English, but not in Low German). Specific sense of "advertising salesman" is from 1946 novel by Frederick Wakeman. As a verb, from 1590s. Related: Huckstered; huckstering. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 在街上叫卖的小贩; 强行推销员(使用夸张、卖弄、不正当的手段推销商品的人) = peddler = hawker 【记】huck = back背, ster人－背东西卖的人－小贩 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】与hawker同源；音：哈客+ster，拍客人马屁的人(哈有喜欢讨好崇拜的意思，如哈韩，哈日等) 【相关】hawker(音：好客) 叫卖小贩 |
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