tout

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
    — Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena; they are famed for selling counterfeits.
  2. In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.
  3. A person at a racecourse who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
    — No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.
  4. An informer in the Irish Republican Army. colloquial
    — The Derry Brigade of the IRA thought it had got rid of its informer problem when earlier that year it executed Paddy Flood as a tout, after holding him for six weeks.
  5. A spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like. archaic,colloquial
动词 v.
  1. To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote. transitive
    — Mary has been touted as a potential successor to the current CEO.
  2. To spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.). UK,slang,transitive
  3. To give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings. US,slang,transitive
  4. To spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes. UK,intransitive,slang
  5. To act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse. US,intransitive,slang
  6. To look for, try to obtain; used with for. intransitive
    — To understand the new London, I lived it. I slept rough with Roma beggars and touted for work with Baltic laborers on the kerb.
  7. To look upon or watch. obsolete
    — Nor durst Orcanes view the Soldan's face, / But still upon the floor did pore and tout.

词形变化

touts plural touts present,singular,third-person touting participle,present touted participle,past touted past

词汇关系

近义词
pimp pitch promote spruik
衍生词
ticket tout overtout touter

词源

词源 1
From Middle English touten (“to jut out, protrude, gaze upon, observe, peer”), from Old English *tūtian (“to be sticking out, protrude”), related to Old English tȳtan (“to stand out, be conspicuous, shine”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tut(t)- (“to stick out, project”). Compare Icelandic túta (“a teat-like prominence”), tútna (“to be blown up”). Possibly influenced by dialectal toot (“to stick out; project; peer out; peep”), from Middle English toten, totien, from Old English tōtian (“to peep out; look; pry; spectate”). Compare also Old English tot, ġetot (“pomp, splendour, vainglory”).
词源 2
Probably from French tout (“all”).
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