charlatan的词源
英文词源
- charlatan
- charlatan: [17] Charlatan is of Italian origin. It comes from the verb cialare ‘chatter, prattle’. Its original application was to the patter of salesmen trying to sell quack remedies, and hence Italian ciarlatano at first referred to such vendors, and then by extension to any dispenser of impostures. Some etymologists have sought to connect the word with Italian Cerretano, literally ‘inhabitant of Cerreto’, an Italian village supposedly noted for exaggeration, alleging that it may have contributed its suffix to ciarlatano and reinforced its meaning. However that may be, the word reached English in its current from via French charlatan.
- charlatan (n.)
- 1610s, from French charlatan "mountebank, babbler" (16c.), from Italian ciarlatano "a quack," from ciarlare "to prate, babble," from ciarla "chat, prattle," perhaps imitative of ducks' quacking. Related: Charlatanism; charlatanical; charlatanry.
中文词源
拟声词，模仿鸭叫声。比较quack, 江湖郎中。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：charlatan 词源，charlatan 含义。
charlatan（江湖郎中）：以江湖郎中出名的意大利小城塞利托
在意大利有一座小城，叫做塞利托（Charlatan）。相传这个小城充斥着江湖郎中，他们总是喋喋不休地宣扬自己能治百病，其实都是信口开河。人们把塞利托的居民与庸医划上了等号，这座以庸医闻名的塞利托小城为后世衍生出一个单词charlatan，表示“庸医、江湖郎中”。
charlatan：['ʃɑːlət(ə)n] n.江湖郎中，庸医，吹牛的人adj.骗人的
