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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

quack [kwæk]
  1. 1. noun [c] [of duck] 嘎嘎声
  2. 2. noun [inf] [ pej] (doctor) 庸医
  3. 3. vi. 嘎嘎叫
  4. 4. adjective [inf] [ pej] 冒牌

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

quack [kwæk] [kwæk]
  1. 1. vi. 鸭子嘎嘎地叫;发出类似鸭叫的声音
  2. 2. vi. 大声讲没意思的话
  3. 3. noun 鸭子的)嘎嘎叫声
  4. 4. noun (鸭群的)嘈杂声
  5. 5. noun [Slang] 江湖郎中,对医生的一种贬损性的称呼
quack [kwæk] [kwæk]
  1. 1. noun 庸医江湖医生
  2. 2. noun 骗子冒充内行者
  3. 3. adjective 江湖医生的;冒充内行
  4. 4. adjective 胡吹
  5. 5. vi. 骗术行医
  6. 6. vi. 胡吹大肆宣扬
  7. 7. vt. 买(假药
  8. 8. vt. 吹嘘

Collins English-English Dictionary

quack [kwæk]
  1. 1. vi. [intr] (of a duck) to utter a harsh guttural sound
  2. 2. vi. to make a noise like a duck
  3. 3. n the harsh guttural sound made by a duck
  4. 4. n [Etymology] C17: of imitative origin; related to Dutch kwakken, German quacken
quack [kwæk]
  1. 1. n an unqualified person who claims medical knowledge or other skills
  2. 2. n (as modifier)
    a quack doctor
  3. 3. n [Brit, Austral, and NZ] [Spoken] a doctor; physician or surgeon
  4. 4. vi. [intr] to act in the manner of a quack
  5. 5. vi. [Etymology] C17: short for quacksalver

Examples

I don't believe such a quack can cure me of tracheitis.
我不相信这样一个庸医可以治好我的气管炎。
Thanks to that quack I am a human wreck.
那个庸医让我的身体受到了损害。
The quack pretended to heal patients but never managed to.
这名庸医假装给病人治病,他实际上什么都没有做。
包治百病
(of a quack) cure all; guarantee to put right all troubles
江湖郎中
quack doctor; mountebank

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