charlatan
noun /ˈʃɑːlətən/
/ˈʃɑːrlətən/
- a person who claims to have knowledge or skills that they do not really have
假充内行的人；骗子 - He knows nothing about medicine—he’s a complete charlatan.
他对医学一无所知——他完全是个骗子。
词源early 17th cent. (denoting a travelling seller of supposed remedies): from French, from Italian ciarlatano, from ciarlare ‘to babble’. - He knows nothing about medicine—he’s a complete charlatan.