Word · Frequency #15898
tout
兜揽生意的人；招徕顾客者
Someone who advertises for customers in a pushy or aggressive way.
- 1.
Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
以激进方式招揽顾客的人
- 2.
In the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.
在单人纸牌游戏中,提议赢得所有八墩牌
- 3.
A person at a racecourse who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
在赛马场提供所谓内幕信息的人
赛马场兜售内幕消息的人；赛马内部情报贩子；全收叫牌；以激进方式招揽顾客的人；在单人纸牌游戏中,提议赢得所有八墩牌；在赛马场提供所谓内幕信息的人
In use
The tout stood outside the shop and called to every passer-by.
The station was full of touts offering cheap taxi rides.
A tout handed me a flyer for a language school.
Connections
Collocations
- ticket tout
- 票贩子；黄牛
- Ticket touts are usually found outside major sports events.票贩子通常出现在大型体育赛事场外。
- racecourse tout
- 赛马场情报贩子
- A racecourse tout claimed to know which horse would win.一名赛马场情报贩子声称知道哪匹马会获胜。
- street tout
- 街头拉客者；街头兜揽员
- The street tout was handing out flyers to passers-by.那名街头拉客者正在向路人发放传单。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想shout：赛马场外有人冲人群大喊“out”兜售消息，这个招揽顾客的人就是tout。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：street ticket sales、horse racing venues、solo whist games 名词 tout 的常见用法偏向非正式，多指以激进方式招揽顾客的人，或赛马场上兜售内幕消息的人；在单人纸牌游戏（solo whist）中是专用术语。
Grammar Note
通常用于贬义，指倒卖门票或兜售物品的人。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with tout /taʊt/: they share the same stressed vowel and following consonant /aʊt/. Beware lookalikes: though, through, tough, tour, and touch look similar on paper but do not rhyme with tout.
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。
Learn the forms together
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