A barker, in this old sense, stood outside a circus, a fair, or a sideshow and shouted to the crowd: come in, see this, don’t miss it. The job was to pull people through the door with a loud, bright stream of words.

A barker, in this old senseBarker，在這個舊的意思裡， stood outside a circus, a fair, or a sideshow指的是站在馬戲團、市集，或餘興表演外面 and對著 shouted to the crowd人群大喊： come in, see this, don't miss it進來看看、來看這個、別錯過。 The job這份工作 was to pull people through the door就是把人拉進門裡， with a loud, bright stream of words用又大聲又生動的一連串話語。

The name comes from bark, the noise a dog makes — as if the person is barking at passers-by. You will meet the word in stories about old fairs and in American writing about the circus.

The name這個名字 comes from bark來自bark， the noise a dog makes就是狗叫的聲音—— as if the person is barking at passers-by好像這個人在對著路人狂吠一樣。 You你 will meet the word會遇到這個字 in stories about old fairs在講老市集的故事裡 and還有 in American writing about the circus美國寫馬戲團的文章裡。

Almost nobody has this exact job now. Someone with a microphone outside a shop is doing a cousin of the work, but we rarely call them a barker.

Almost nobody現在幾乎沒有人 has this exact job now做這份確切的工作了。 Someone with a microphone outside a shop在店門口拿麥克風的人 is doing a cousin of the work做的是類似的工作， but但 we rarely call them a barker我們很少叫他們barker。

Though actually, English still uses barking in a loose way for loud, pushy selling.

Though actually不過其實， English still uses barking英文還是會用barking in a loose way鬆散地 for loud, pushy selling來形容那種又吵又強迫推銷的方式。

This barker is not a dog, and it is not about the bark of a tree. That is a different word-story that only looks the same on the page.

This barker這個barker is not a dog不是狗， and也 it is not about the bark of a tree跟樹皮（bark of a tree）沒有關係。 That那 is a different word-story是另一個字的故事 that only looks the same on the page只是寫出來剛好長得一樣。