Word
shills
托儿；诱饵
shills is the plural of shill.
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.
A person paid to endorse a product while pretending to be impartial.
受雇假装公正地推销产品的人。
- 2.
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.
拍卖或赌博中骗局的同伙,如卖家的托儿,出价抬高价格。
- 3.
A house player in a casino.
赌场中的庄家玩家。
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
In use
The market trader planted a shill among the crowd to make people think the fruit was in high demand.
The shill in the audience laughed loudly at the comedian's jokes to get everyone else to laugh too.
The startup hired a shill to post enthusiastic comments about its app in online forums.
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
动词用法，意为“为……当托儿”，通常用介词 for 引出所服务的人或机构。
He shilled for the new phone brand, posting fake reviews online.
他为那个新手机品牌当托儿，在网上发虚假评论。
Common mistakes
Connections
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。
Synonyms
- decoy
- 诱饵；用作诱骗的人或物 · decoy 可指人或物，更强调诱骗上钩；shill 只指装作顾客带动他人购买或下注者。
Learner notes
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。
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。
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。
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.