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place a bet with a bookie
He placed a bet with a local bookie before the race.
赛前他在当地一位赌注登记经纪人那里下了注。
赌注登记经纪人
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
赌注登记经纪人
a bookmaker; someone who accepts and pays off bets, especially on horse races
He placed a bet with a local bookie before the race.
赛前他在当地一位赌注登记经纪人那里下了注。
bookmaker 的非正式说法，常见于赛马等博彩。
登记赌注者
n a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
The bookie wrote down my bet and handed me a ticket.
赌注登记人记下我的赌注，递给我一张票据。
Before the race, we asked the bookie for the odds on the favorite.
比赛前，我们向赌注登记人询问了热门马匹的赔率。
He owes money to a bookie after losing several bets last month.
上个月输掉几次赌注后，他欠了一个赌注登记人的钱。
He placed a bet with a local bookie before the race.
赛前他在当地一位赌注登记经纪人那里下了注。
bookie 常指赛马等体育赛事的赌注登记人，口语中较常见。
The bookie's odds on the favorite were surprisingly high.
这位赌注登记经纪人对热门马的赔率高得惊人。
The bookie takes bets on horse races every weekend.
这位赌注登记经纪人每周末接受赛马下注。
Not this
I placed a bet on the bookie.
Use this
I placed a bet with the bookie.
与 bookie 搭配表示“通过某赌注经纪人下注”时用 with；on 用来表示下注的对象（如马、球队），而不是经纪人，因此应将 on 改为 with。
Not this
He bookies for a local horse track.
Use this
He works as a bookie for a local horse track.
bookie 是名词，不能因为 book 是动词就类推为动词；表示“当赌注登记经纪人”要用 work as + 名词。
Not this
The company bookie recorded all the daily sales.
Use this
The company bookkeeper recorded all the daily sales.
bookie 是“赌注登记经纪人”（bookmaker 的口语形式），不是“记账员”；表示公司记账人员应使用 bookkeeper。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
当地赌注经纪人
He placed a bet with his local bookie.
他向当地的赌注经纪人下了注。
非法赌注经纪人
The police arrested an illegal bookie.
警方逮捕了一名非法赌注经纪人。
向赌注经纪人下注
Many fans bet with a bookie on the big race.
许多球迷在这场大赛上向赌注经纪人下注。
赌注经纪人给出的赔率
He compared odds from a bookie before betting.
下注前，他比较了一位赌注经纪人给出的赔率。
给你的赌注经纪人打电话
He called his bookie to place a last-minute bet.
他打电话给他的赌注经纪人，想下最后一注。
赌注经纪人接受下注
The bookie takes bets until the race starts.
赌注经纪人在比赛开始前接受下注。
我来当赌注登记员。
In the basketball episode of The Office, Michael Scott says this when he volunteers to take everyone's bets.
在《办公室》的篮球集里，迈克尔·斯科特主动收大家赌注时说了这句话。
Use bookie naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
bookie 像 book + -ie，想象他拿着账本(book)记录每笔赌注。
语域：informal 常见场景：赛马场、日常口语对话、投注站 bookie 是 bookmaker 的非正式说法，通常用于日常口语，多指赛马等博彩中登记赌注的人，正式写作中较少使用。
Cookie, rookie, hooky, and nookie rhyme with bookie /ˈbʊki/, all ending in /ʊki/. Watch out for lookalikes such as book /bʊk/ and booty /ˈbuːti/, which do not rhyme with bookie.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.