taUt; taut< tout >
<<动词>>
tout.ed, tout.ing, touts
<<不及物动词>>
1 纠缠 (顾客)
2 刺探情报 (有关赛马的)
<<及物动词>>
1 招客; 招揽
street vendors who were touting pedestrians 街边小贩向行人兜售
2 刺探 (有关赛马的)
3 宣扬; 宣传
"Projects for...construction of a deep-water route...to reach ports in the continent's industrial heartland had been widly touted." (Kenneth McNaught) 传说要从港口建筑一条直通大陆的工业心脏地带的地底道路
<<名词>>
1 (有关赛马的) 情报员
2 招徕者
"The administration of the nation's literary affairs falls naturally into the hands of touts and thieves." (Lewis H. Lapham)国家文学事务的管理权自然落入了无耻之徒及小偷手中
<<名词>>
touter