touts是什么意思？

touts

• n. 招徕( tout的名词复数 )，（音乐会、体育比赛等的）卖高价票的人，侦查者，探听赛马的情报；
• v. 兜售( tout的第三人称单数 )，招揽，侦查，探听赛马情报；

例句

• We couldn't hear the starting announcement above the hubbub of bettors, speculators, tipsters, and touts. 在打赌者 、 投机者 、 密报者以及出售赛马情报者们的喧嚣声中我们无法听到开始的宣告.
• Many vouchers are returned for cash, allowing touts and middle men to make a healthy margin. 许多月饼券都被兑换成现金, 这让券贩子和中间商赚取了不蜚的利润.
• Spotting prey, the customary crowd of hustlers and touts swarmed around, jostling for my business. 照例有大群的拉客黄牛在寻觅猎物, 他们争相过来抢我的生意.
• A decline in gambling would force croupiers and racing touts to seek more productive occupations. 若赌风日衰,在赌场和赛马场营生的人就只好另谋更有效率的职业.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  兜售;吹嘘
  If someone touts something, they try to sell it or convince people that it is good.
  例句
  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。 …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
• VERB
  兜揽;招徕
  If someone touts for business or custom, they try to obtain it.
  例句
  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。 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 someone touts tickets, they sell them outside a sports ground or theatre, usually for more than their original value.
  例句
  ...a man who made his money touting tickets... 靠倒票捞钱的人 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。
• N-COUNT
  票贩子;“黄牛”
  A tout is someone who sells things such as tickets unofficially, usually at prices which are higher than the official ones.