Word
shills
托儿;诱饵
shills is the plural of shill.
核心释义
a person who pretends to be an enthusiastic customer in order to attract or encourage other people to buy something or take part in something
- 1.
受雇假装公正地推销产品的人。
A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.
- 2.
拍卖或赌博中骗局的同伙,如卖家的托儿,出价抬高价格。
An accomplice at a confidence trick during an auction or gambling game, such as an accomplice of the seller who bids to drive up the price.
- 3.
赌场中的庄家玩家。
A house player in a casino.
受雇假装公正地推销产品的人。;拍卖或赌博中骗局的同伙,如卖家的托儿,出价抬高价格。;赌场中的庄家玩家。;小贩的同伙;赌棍的党羽
用法In use
The market trader planted a shill among the crowd to make people think the fruit was in high demand.
用法提示:shill 为名词,作 plant 的宾语,指被安排来假装顾客以误导他人的人。
The shill in the audience laughed loudly at the comedian's jokes to get everyone else to laugh too.
用法提示:shill 为名词,作主语,指在观众中起哄的托儿。
The startup hired a shill to post enthusiastic comments about its app in online forums.
用法提示:shill 为名词,作 hire 的宾语,指受雇在网上发表吹捧评论的人。
a shill
名词用法,指受雇装作顾客或参与者以诱使他人购买或下注的人。
The auction house planted a shill in the audience to push up bids.
拍卖行在观众中安插了一个托儿来抬高出价。
shill for sb/sth
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- shill for
- 为…当托儿;为…作虚假宣传
- He was hired to shill for the new restaurant.他受雇为新餐馆当托儿。
- shill bidder
- 托儿投标人(拍卖中故意抬价的虚假出价人)
- The auction was ruined by shill bidders.拍卖被托儿投标人搅乱了。
- paid shill
- 雇来的托儿
- The company used paid shills to boost its ratings.该公司雇托儿来提高评分。
- act as a shill
- 充当托儿;扮作顾客引诱他人
- She acted as a shill to draw in real customers.她充当托儿以吸引真正顾客。
近义词
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记忆:shill 以 sh 开头,像 show(作秀)——托儿就是当众作秀、假扮顾客的人。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:街边摊位、网络评论区、拍卖会 shill 通常用于非正式场合,常带贬义,指被安排假装成满意顾客来吸引别人的人,比如在街边摊位、网络评论区或拍卖会中;也可作动词,意思是“当托儿”。正式文体中较少使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
作名词时指“托儿”,即假扮成热情顾客诱使他人参与的人;作动词时指充当这种角色。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
shill 读作 /ʃɪl/,与 bill、hill、fill、will、still、chill 等押韵(都以 /ɪl/ 结尾)。注意不要被拼写误导:shall 读 /ʃæl/,shell 读 /ʃɛl/,都不与 shill 押韵。
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.