canard的词源

英文词源

canard (n.)

before 1850, from French canard "a hoax," literally "a duck" (from Old French quanart, probably echoic of a duck's quack); said by Littré to be from the phrase vendre un canard à moitié "to half-sell a duck," thus, from some long-forgotten joke, "to cheat."

中文词源

canard：假新闻

来自法语canard, 鸭子，骗子，模仿鸭子叫声。比较quack, 鸭叫，江湖郎中。

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