canard

英 [kə'nɑːd; 'kænɑːd]美 [kə'nɑrd]
  • n. 误传，谬传；谣言
  • n. (Canard)人名；(法)卡纳尔
GRE 畅通词汇

中文词源

canard 假新闻

来自法语canard, 鸭子，骗子，模仿鸭子叫声。比较quack, 鸭叫，江湖郎中。

英文词源

canard (n.)
before 1850, from French canard "a hoax," literally "a duck" (from Old French quanart, probably echoic of a duck's quack); said by Littré to be from the phrase vendre un canard à moitié "to half-sell a duck," thus, from some long-forgotten joke, "to cheat."

双语例句

1. The charge that Harding was a political stooge may be a canard.
关于哈丁是个政治走狗的指控可能是个谣传。
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2. That canard was proved to be true later.
那谣言后来被证明是真的。
来自辞典例句
3. We remove these rear controls and install them as canard controls.
我们把尾部控制改为鸭式控制.
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4. The story itself was a canard deliberately invented by the Armenians.
这个传闻本身就是亚美尼亚人有意虚构的谎报.
来自辞典例句
5. This canard was started by William Herndon.
这一谣言最初出自威廉·赫恩登之口.
来自辞典例句