quack
quack — 名詞
- quacksingular
- quacksplural
1. a fake doctor — someone with no real medical training who tricks sick people int
庸醫；密醫
假裝有醫術騙人的人
a fake doctor — someone with no real medical training who tricks sick people into paying for treatments that do not work, and may even harm them.
The court fined the quack who sold sugar pills as a cancer cure to dying patients.
法院對那位把糖丸當成抗癌藥賣給垂死病人的庸醫處以罰款。
the quack who + relative clause
Reema's grandmother spent her savings on potions from a quack who promised to cure her arthritis.
Reema 的奶奶把積蓄都花在一位庸醫的草藥上，對方承諾能治好她的關節炎。
potions/treatments from a quack
Online quacks now sell fake immune-boost drops on social media to nervous parents.
現在還有不少網路庸醫在社群媒體上向焦慮的家長兜售假的提升免疫力滴劑。
Tunde warned his neighbours that the man running the clinic in the market was a quack.
Tunde 提醒鄰居，那位在市場裡開診所的男人其實是個庸醫。
Before regulation, town fairs were full of quacks selling bottles of coloured water as miracle medicine.
在還沒立法管制之前，鄉鎮的市集上滿是把染色開水當作神奇藥水的冒牌醫師。
文法句型
a/the quack
quack + noun (remedy, cure)
用法筆記
Strongly negative and accusatory; only used when the speaker believes the person is genuinely fraudulent or dangerously unqualified. Often modifies another medical noun, as in 'quack doctor', 'quack remedy', or 'quack cure'.
常見錯誤
2. a casual, slightly humorous British word for any doctor, used between friends or
醫生
英式口語對醫師的詼諧稱呼
a casual, slightly humorous British word for any doctor, used between friends or family without implying the doctor is fake.
Dario's father told him to see the quack about his sore knee before the football match.
Dario 的爸爸叫他在足球賽前去找醫生看一下膝蓋。
see the quack about + symptom
I'll pop down to the quack on Friday to get my flu jab.
我禮拜五會去診所找醫生打流感疫苗。
informal British: pop down to the quack
Otis said the quack at the village surgery had given him pills for his back pain.
Otis 說村裡診所的醫生開了止痛藥給他治背痛。
Eli's mum rang the quack as soon as the children's fevers passed forty degrees.
Eli 的媽媽一發現孩子們燒到四十度就立刻打電話給醫生。
文法句型
see/go to the quack
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: here 'the quack' is jokey shorthand for one's own real doctor, like calling a teacher 'the boss'. Mainly British, especially older speakers. Tone is friendly, not accusing.
常見錯誤
3. the short, loud noise produced by a duck, usually repeated several times in a ro
呱呱聲
鴨子發出的短促叫聲
the short, loud noise produced by a duck, usually repeated several times in a row.
Léa heard a single loud quack from the reeds and knew the ducklings had returned to the pond.
Léa 從蘆葦叢裡聽到一聲響亮的呱呱聲，就知道小鴨們已經回到池塘了。
a single loud quack from + place
The cheerful quacks of the ducks woke Min before her alarm clock rang.
鴨群歡快的呱呱聲在 Min 的鬧鐘響之前就把她吵醒了。
the quacks of + duck noun
Caio recorded the quack on his phone to send to his little sister back home.
Caio 用手機錄下那聲呱呱聲，準備傳給遠方家鄉的妹妹聽。
Each quack echoed across the empty park at dawn.
天剛亮時，每一聲呱呱聲都在空蕩的公園裡迴盪。
The toy duck made a tinny quack whenever Indra squeezed its belly.
Indra 每次按下玩具鴨的肚子，它就會發出一聲薄薄的呱呱聲。
文法句型
a quack
the quack of + noun
用法筆記
Almost always concrete and countable. Can describe the sound of real ducks, toy ducks, or imitations. The verb form (sense verb/1) is far more common than the noun.
quack — 動詞
- quackpresent simple I / you / we / they
- quacks3rd person singular
- quacking-ing form
- quackedpast simple
1. if a duck quacks, it makes its short, loud, repeated noise.
呱呱叫
鴨子發出叫聲
if a duck quacks, it makes its short, loud, repeated noise.
The mother duck quacked loudly when Mert walked too close to her ducklings.
母鴨在 Mert 走得太靠近小鴨時大聲呱呱叫了起來。
subject = duck; quack + loudly/softly
Three ducks quacked in chorus as Christopher tossed pieces of bread into the lake.
Christopher 把麵包屑丟進湖裡時，三隻鴨子一起呱呱叫。
intransitive: ducks quacked
A lone duck quacked from the far side of the pond all through the night.
一隻孤單的鴨子整夜都從池塘對岸傳出呱呱叫聲。
The plastic toy quacks when you press its back.
你按下這個塑膠玩具的背部，它就會呱呱叫。
文法句型
[duck] quacks
quack + adverb
用法筆記
Almost always intransitive. Speakers occasionally apply it to humans imitating ducks or to toys that produce the sound, but never to other birds (which 'honk', 'call', or 'cry').
常見錯誤
2. to behave like a fake doctor by selling fake cures or giving medical advice with
冒充行醫
假冒醫師身份販售治療
to behave like a fake doctor by selling fake cures or giving medical advice without proper training, usually for money.
Zayd's uncle quacked for years at country fairs before the inspectors finally caught up with him.
Zayd 的叔叔在鄉間市集冒充行醫多年，直到稽查員終於把他抓到。
quacked for + duration + at + place
Several wellness influencers are essentially quacking online while wearing white coats for the camera.
好幾位養生網紅其實就是穿著白袍對著鏡頭在網路上冒充行醫。
quacking online (modern extension)
The travelling salesman served two years in prison for quacking about cancer cures to terminally ill patients.
那名巡迴推銷員因為對末期癌症患者冒充行醫推銷假抗癌療法，被判處兩年徒刑。
In Victorian London, dozens of men quacked openly in the markets without any fear of arrest.
在維多利亞時期的倫敦，市場裡有數十名男子公然冒充行醫，完全不怕被抓。
- swindle
broader; covers cheating in any field, not just medicine
文法句型
quack + (about something)
用法筆記
Quite rare in modern English; the noun form (sense noun/1) is far more common. Used mainly in historical writing or when a writer wants a sharply disapproving tone. The subject is always a person presenting themselves as a medical authority.
quack — 形容詞
- quackpositive
- quackercomparative
- quackestsuperlative
1. describing medical treatments, advice, or people that are fake, untrained, or ba
江湖；冒牌
未受訓練、無科學根據的（醫療）
describing medical treatments, advice, or people that are fake, untrained, or based on no real science.
The journalist's article exposed quack treatments being sold to cancer patients online.
那位記者的報導揭發了在網路上賣給癌症病人的冒牌療法。
quack + treatments/cures/remedies
Reema's grandfather wasted his pension on quack therapies that promised to restore his eyesight.
Reema 的爺爺把退休金都浪費在號稱能恢復視力的江湖療法上。
quack + therapy/therapies
The clinic was shut down after inspectors found quack equipment in every consulting room.
稽查員在每一間診療室都發現江湖的醫療器材後，這家診所就被勒令停業。
Many websites still promote quack advice about which vitamins prevent serious illness.
許多網站至今仍在散播關於哪些維他命能預防重病的冒牌建議。
- bogus
general word for anything fake; broader scope than medicine
- fraudulent
formal; emphasises the intent to deceive
- qualified
trained and certified, the opposite of a quack practitioner
文法句型
quack + medical noun
用法筆記
Attributive only — sits before a noun, never after 'be' or another linking verb. The following noun is almost always something from the medical field (treatment, remedy, cure, doctor, therapy, advice, science).