Word · Frequency #25668
bookie
赌注登记经纪人
a bookmaker; someone who accepts and pays off bets, especially on horse races
bookmaker 的非正式说法，常见于赛马等博彩。
- 1.
n a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)
登记赌注者
登记赌注者
In use
The bookie wrote down my bet and handed me a ticket.
Before the race, we asked the bookie for the odds on the favorite.
He owes money to a bookie after losing several bets last month.
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。
the bookie's odds
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。
bookie takes bets on sth
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。
Common mistakes
I placed a bet on the bookie.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。
He bookies for a local horse track.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。
The company bookie recorded all the daily sales.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。
Connections
Collocations
- local bookie
- 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。
- illegal bookie
- 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。
- bet with a bookie
- 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。
- odds from a bookie
- 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。
- call your bookie
- 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。
- bookie takes bets
Learner notes
Memory Tip
bookie 像 book + -ie，想象他拿着账本(book)记录每笔赌注。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.