huckster是什么意思？

huckster

英[ˈhʌkstə(r)] 美[ˈhʌkstɚ]

• n. 大声叫卖的小贩，大吹大擂的推销商；
• vi. 讨价还价，没完没了地争论，叫卖（货物）；

复数：hucksters;

例句

• huckster over prices on the black market 在黑市上讨价还价
• a political huckster 政治贩子
• A huckster offered to sell Carnegie the formula for guaranteed success for $20,000. 一名骗子推销员提出以两万美元的价格卖给卡内基一张保证成功的秘方。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （采用欺骗或强行手段推销无用物品的）推销员，商贩
  If you refer to someone as a huckster, you are criticizing them for trying to sell useless or worthless things in a dishonest or aggressive way.
  例句
  A huckster offered to sell Carnegie the formula for guaranteed success for $20,000. 一名骗子推销员提出以两万美元的价格卖给卡内基一张保证成功的秘方。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  大吹大擂的推销商
  a political huckster 政治贩子
• vi.
  讨价还价,没完没了地争论
  huckster over prices on the black market 在黑市上讨价还价

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a seller of shoddy goods
  2. a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
• Verb
  1. sell or offer for sale from place to place
  2. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.);
  "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"