tout

英 [taʊt]

美 [taʊt]

v.  标榜; 吹捧; 吹嘘; 兜售; 推销; (尤指在剧院、体育场等外)倒卖高价票，卖黑市票
n.  (音乐会、体育比赛等的)卖高价票的人，票贩子

过去分词：touted　现在分词：touting　复数：touts　过去式：touted　第三人称单数：touts　

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Collins.1 / BNC.15898 / COCA.6885

牛津词典

verb

• 标榜；吹捧；吹嘘
  to try to persuade people that sb/sth is important or valuable by praising them/it
  1. She's being touted as the next leader of the party.
     她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。
• 兜售；推销
  to try to persuade people to buy your goods or services, especially by going to them and asking them directly
  1. the problem of unlicensed taxi drivers touting for business at airports
     没有执照的出租汽车司机在机场揽生意的问题
  2. He's busy touting his client's latest book around London's literary agents.
     他正忙于向伦敦各文学作品代理人兜售他的委托人的一部新书。
• （尤指在剧院、体育场等外）倒卖高价票，卖黑市票
  to sell tickets for a popular event illegally, at a price that is higher than the official price, especially outside a theatre, stadium , etc.

noun

• （音乐会、体育比赛等的）卖高价票的人，票贩子
  a person who buys tickets for concerts, sports events, etc. and then sells them to other people at a higher price

柯林斯词典

• VERB 兜售;吹嘘
  If someonetoutssomething, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good.
  1. It has the trappings of an election campaign in the United States, with slick television ads touting the candidates.
     它具有美国竞选活动的典型特征，即通过华而不实的电视广告来吹嘘候选人。
  2. …a popular advertising industry practice of using performers to tout products…
     广告业常用的利用艺人来兜售产品的做法
  3. He was being touted as the most interesting thing in pop…
     他被吹捧为流行乐坛最有意思的家伙。
  4. The product is touted as being completely natural.
     该产品被吹嘘为是全天然的。
  5. …a couple of highly touted novels.
     几本被吹得天花乱坠的小说
• VERB 兜揽;招徕
  If someonetouts forbusiness or custom, they try to obtain it.
  1. He visited Thailand and Singapore to tout for investment...
     他访问了泰国与新加坡，以期招揽投资。
  2. Minicabs are not allowed to tout for hire on the streets.
     小型出租车禁止在街上兜揽生意。
• VERB (在体育场或剧院外)倒卖(高价票)
  If someonetoutstickets, they sell them outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value.
  1. ...a man who made his money touting tickets...
     靠倒票捞钱的人
  2. The queue stretches several hundred yards and tickets are touted for a tenner.
     队伍排得有几百码长，票被炒到 10 英镑一张。

in AM, use 美国英语用 scalp


• 票贩子;“黄牛”
  Atoutis someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones.

in AM, use 美国英语用 scalper

英英释义

noun

• one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
  Synonym:tipster
• someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way
  Synonym:touter
• someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit
  Synonym:ticket tout

verb

• show off
  Synonym:boastswashshoot a linebraggasblowblustervauntgasconade
• advertize in strongly positive terms
  1. This product was touted as a revolutionary invention

双语例句

• Tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner ( To understand everything is to excuse everything).
  原谅了一切才理解了一切。
• Private equity funds are eager to recruit them and head-hunters tout them to other companies that need a boost.
  私人股本基金迫切希望招聘这种高管，猎头也把他们推销给需要提振业务的其他公司。
• He knows that Americans openly tout their skills and accomplishments and are less deferential to potential employers.
  他也知道美国人会公开吹嘘自己的经验成就，并且不会对潜在的雇主毕恭毕敬。
• I need it on my desk tout de suite.
  请立刻放到我的桌子上。
• Many Chinese restaurants, in response, now proudly tout themselves as MSG-free.
  现在许多中国餐馆做出的反应是，骄傲地吹嘘他们在烹调中不用MSG。
• As a registered dietician, I like to tout the nutritious benefits of foods.
  作为注册营养师，我喜欢吹捧营养食物的好处。
• a couple of highly touted novels.
  几本被吹得天花乱坠的小说
• Even fashion editors who tout couture's more fanciful currents on the pages of their magazines venerate Sander.
  即使是在自己杂志上大力吹捧更奇巧的服装设计风潮的时装编辑，也尊敬桑德这位时装设计大师。
• Minicabs are not allowed to tout for hire on the streets.
  小型出租车禁止在街上兜揽生意。
• The queue stretches several hundred yards and tickets are touted for a tenner.
  队伍排得有几百码长，票被炒到10英镑一张。