huckster
['hʌkstə]
n. 小商人, 叫卖的小贩, 商业广告员
v. 贩卖, 叫卖, 强行推销
词形变化:
名词: hucksterism | 动词过去式: huckstered | 动词过去分词: huckstered | 动词现在分词: huckstering | 动词第三人称单数: hucksters |
n.
小商人; 叫卖的小贩
vt.
1. 叫卖; 小本经营
2. 讨价还价; 大吹大擂推销
vi.
叫卖; 做小商贩
huckster
过去式:huckstered
过去分词:huckstered
现在进行时:huckstering
词形变化:
名词: hucksterism | 动词过去式: huckstered | 动词过去分词: huckstered | 动词现在分词: huckstering | 动词第三人称单数: hucksters |
词义辨析:
同义参见:
merchant
advertiser
vendor
seller
huckster['hʌkstə]n.1.■做小商品生意的人,小商贩(尤指蔬菜、水果商)2.■便宜商品贩子3.■唯利是图者4.■[口语]5.■大吹大擂(或强行)推销商品的人6.■(尤指为广播、电视)撰写商业广告词者7.■[美国俚语]吃广告饭的人(尤指撰稿者)vt.1.■小本经营;叫卖:In that street there's a man who hucksters boiled corn.那条街里有个小贩卖煮玉米。2.■在…上讨价还价:I don't think it's necessary for us to huckster the date.我认为我们没必要在日期问题上没完没了的争论。3.■在…中掺杂:to huckster beer with spirit在啤酒中掺烈性酒4.■用大吹大擂的手段为…做广告(或推销):They tried to huckster red socks to me.他们企图强行向我推销红色短袜。vi.1.■叫卖,零售;作小商贩:to huckster for the expense of a car为攒钱买车而上街叫卖2.■讨价还价(后与over连用):They are huckstering over the price of the rifle.他们正为那支枪的价格讨价还价。
hucksterhuckster[ˈhʌkstə]n.1.■叫卖贩; 零售商2.■[美俗]广告业者; 大吹大擂推销商品的人3.■唯利是图的人; 受雇佣者a political huckster政治贩子
词性变化huckster[ˈhʌkstə]vt., vi.1.■叫卖, 零售; 吹嘘2.■讨价还价huckster one's service打零活huckster over prices on the black market在黑市上讨价还价
继承用法hucksterismn.
noun
- a person who sells small items, either door-to-door or from a stall or small shop
小贩;做小商品生意的人
■a mercenary person keen to make a profit out of anything
惟利是图之辈
■(N. Amer.)a publicity agent or advertising copywriter, especially for radio or television
(北美)(尤指电台,电视台的)广告代理,广告撰稿人
- [no obj.](chiefly N. Amer.)bargain; haggle
(主北美)讨价还价;议价
■[with obj.]promote or sell (something, typically a product of questionable value)
用大吹大擂的手段推销(某物,尤指价值有争议的产品)
hucksterism
noun
语源
- Middle English (in the sense 'retailer at a stall, hawker'): probably of Low German origin
huckster
名词 huckster:
a seller of shoddy goods
同义词:cheap-jack
a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
动词 huckster:
sell or offer for sale from place to place
同义词:peddle, monger, hawk, vend, pitch
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
huckster
■It is with reason to huckster.
1. 我们的还价是有道理的.
■And when Christmas came again, and brought the dish of jam and the GREat lump of butter, he liked the huckster best of all.
“好吧,我要把这意见告诉那个学生!”
■But the goblin felt very angry that any man should venture to say such things to a huckster who was a householder and sold the best butter.
“我当然懂得,”盆子说,“诗是一种印在报纸上补白的东西,可以随便剪掉不要。我相信,我身体里的诗要比那个学生多得多;
■but the huckster and the student both laughed, for it was only said in fun.
“有人说你不懂得诗是甚么东西,”他问,“这话是真的吗?”
■When I went to the Middle school, once play to the collective trade Center in Zhengzhou in the Henan( Old Grave Hill), seeing the huckster at sell the rat medicine, his sings and sells together, feels very much person.
上初中的时候,我到河南省郑州市集贸市场的(坆岗)玩,听到小商人在叫卖老鼠葯,边唱边卖,十分感人。
■to huckster for the expense of a car
为攒钱买车而上街叫卖
■They tried to huckster red socks to me.
他们企图强行向我推销红色短袜。
■to huckster beer with spirit
在啤酒中掺烈性酒
■and therefore the goblin remained with the huckster, which was very cunning of him.
在欧洲的建筑物中,它一般用来堆破烂的东西。只有穷人或穷学生才住在顶楼里。
■huckster over prices on the black market
在黑市上讨价还价
■The best huckster in Tian Qiao
天桥的叫卖大王
■The huckster's wife was so bewildered that she took her gold earrings out of her ears and put them in her pocket,that at any rate she might save something;
小商人的太太给弄糊涂了,连忙扯下耳朵上的金耳环,塞进衣袋,以为这样总算救出了一点东西。
■THE GOBLIN AND THE HUCKSTER
小鬼和小贩
■Like a cure-all tonic prescribed by a travelling rural huckster, gold somehow seems to be good for nearly everything that ails us.
就像行走乡里的江湖郎中开出的十全大补汤,不知何故,黄金似乎与我们的几乎所有问题都对症。
■"The successful salesperson is not a huckster; such a salesperson will not be around for very long, and long-term profits are, after all, the marketer' s goal."
成功的销售员并非叫卖小贩,这样的销售员会很快消失。不管怎样,长期的利润才是营销者的目标。
■I don't think it's necessary for us to huckster the date.
我认为我们没必要在日期问题上没完没了的争论。
■huckster one's service
打零活
■Try to get lawsuits as a huckster
拌揽词讼
■a political huckster
政治贩子
■eg:Chris Whittle is an all-hat, no cattle huckster with more talent for raising funds than making money.
来源:美国西部,牛为重要的财富象征,穷人无牛,在墙上挂几顶牛仔帽以充门面。
■In Eastwood's wily hands, Nowak is a master of disguise who becomes a radio DJ, a rodeo clown or a Vegas-style huckster to nail his target.
演技一流的奇连伊士活,他演活了纽瓦克一角,为了捕捉目标,易容为电台DJ、掷索套的小丑或在维加斯的小贩等;
■The best part is understanding how the magician, or huckster, plays on our human nature to get us to behave in a certain way.
社会心理学充满了关于我们模仿他人的研究,或者用术语叫做“服从群体准则”。不仅限于人类,也有证据表明黑猩猩也符合这项理论。
■The huckster arrives in town, tells all the rubes that disaster impends for them and their families, but says there may be one last chance they can be saved.But it will take a lot of money.
这个二道贩子到了镇里,告诉所有的乡亲,大灾难已迫在眉睫,不过还有一线希望,但是只要他们多花些钞票。
■“Yonder lies some more of the same sort,” said the huckster: “I gave an old woman a few coffee berries for it;
这句话说得很没有礼貌,特别是用那个盆子作比喻;但是小商人大笑起来,学生也大笑起来,因为这句话不过是开开玩笑罢了。
■So he went down stairs again into the huckster's shop, and it was a good thing he got back when he did, for the cask had almost worn out the lady's tongue;
这时小鬼就走进来,拿起小商人的太太的舌头,因为她在睡觉的时候并不需要它。
■This usually involves buying something and the only thing here growing is the huckster’s bank account.
这类故事往往涉及到买一些东西,与此同时,小贩们银行帐户里的存款却在上涨。
■huckster n.
零售商,小贩;