- 1不老實的推銷員、叫賣的奸商（貶義）
A huckster is someone who tries to sell things in a , not-honest way. The word is not kind; you say it to show you do not respect that person.
A hucksterhuckster is someone就是那種人 who tries to sell things會想辦法賣東西 in a pushy, not-honest way用強迫、不老實的方式. The word is not kind這個字不是好話; you say it你這樣說 to show you do not respect that person是在表示你不尊重那個人.
Long ago it was a fairly plain job-word: a small trader who went around selling goods from a pack or a stall. That older sense is mostly gone.
Long ago很久以前, it was a fairly plain job-word它只是一個滿普通的職業名詞: a small trader指一個到處走動的小商販 who went around selling goods用背包或攤子賣東西 from a pack or a stall. That older sense這個舊意思 is mostly gone現在幾乎已經不用了.
Today newspapers and angry customers use it for a person who talks too loud, stretches the truth, and cares more about the sale than about you. You hear it about ads, late-night TV sellers, and sometimes politicians, not only shop people.
Today今天, newspapers and angry customers use it報紙和生氣的顧客會這樣用它 for a person who talks too loud來形容一個講話太大聲的人, stretches the truth誇大事實, and cares more about the sale than about you而且比較在乎成交而不是你的人. You hear it about ads你會在講廣告時聽到它, late-night TV sellers深夜電視購物主持人, and sometimes politicians有時候也指政治人物, not only shop people不只是店家.
It sounds a little old-fashioned and ; in everyday talk people more often say a salesman or a con man.
It sounds a little old-fashioned and bookish它聽起來有點老派、書面, in everyday talk日常對話裡 people more often say大家更常說 a pushy salesman or a con man強迫推銷的業務員或騙子.
The ending -ster marks a person (as in youngster). The first part comes from old Low German or Dutch words for going around selling.
The ending -ster字尾-ster marks a person標記一個人 (as in youngster)（就像youngster一樣）. The first part前半部分 comes from old Low German or Dutch words來自古低地德語或荷蘭語的字 for going around selling意思是到處走動叫賣.
core核心畫面
組成From Middle English hukster, probably from Low German or Dutch words meaning “to go around selling” (Middle Low German höken, Middle Dutch hokester / hoeken), from an old Germanic root to do with bending or squatting. By the look of the modern spelling it is huck + -ster (a person-suffix). Compare hawkster.
同家族的字
- youngstersame -ster ending for a person of a type
- trickstersame -ster ending for a person known for a kind of habit
- hucksterismthe practice or style of selling like a huckster
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
hucksternoun/ˈhʌkstɚ/
- 1
A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
- drive those china hucksters from the doors
- 2
Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
- Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
- 3
One who deceptively sells fraudulent products; snake oil salesman.
- 4
Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.
hucksterverb/ˈhʌkstɚ/
- 1
To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.
- 2
To sell or offer (goods) from place to place, to peddle.
- 3
To promote or sell (goods) in an aggressive, showy manner.
- […] Paul Zindel aroused the hope that he might be a playwright in the Williams mode, one who could cast a kindly light in the dark corners of twisted souls. That is precisely the hope dashed by his latest play, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild. Here he is simply huckstering kookdom for cheap laughs, and not producing many of them at that.
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