单词	tout
释义	tout1 verbtout2 noun touttout1 /taʊt/ ●○○ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINtout1 Origin: 1700-1800 tout ‘to look secretly, watch’ (14-19 centuries), perhaps from an unrecorded Old English tutian Verb Table VERB TABLE tout Simple Form Present I, you, we, they tout he, she, it touts Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they touted Present perfect I, you, we, they have touted he, she, it has touted Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had touted Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will tout Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have touted Continuous Form Present I am touting he, she, it is touting you, we, they are touting Past I, he, she, it was touting you, we, they were touting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been touting he, she, it has been touting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been touting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be touting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been touting Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Chef Foley was one of the first to tout Midwestern cuisine. Slick ads tout everything from beauty products to electronic gadgets. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS About the most obscure thing touted is the fountain in Fountain Hills. But it is not a core curriculum like that being touted by test-and-measure statehouse reformers. By spring, the re-election campaign will be ready to respond, touting Clinton with television spots in selected cities. Cooper had touted Aikman to Donahue when the player was in high school. Pippin was hyped as a games machine before the company wised up and starting touting it as an Internet device. Those touting mandatory uniforms point to the successes in Long Beach. word sets WORD SETS► Gambling back, verbbank, nounbanker, nounbet, verbbet, nounbid, verbbingo, nounbookie, nounbookmaker, nouncasino, nounchip, nouncroupier, noundividend, noundraw, nouneach way, adverbfruit machine, noungamble, verbgaming, nounlottery, nounodds, nounofftrack, adjectiveone-armed bandit, nounparimutuel, nounplace, verbraffle, nounraffle, verbroulette, nounslot machine, nounstakeholder, nounsweepstake, nountombola, nountout, verbwager, nounwager, verb Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► tout for business/custom British English (=look for customers) Minicab drivers are not allowed to tout for business. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► business · The competition was intense and the shop managers would actually stand in the street touting for business.· They have even given up their company cars and now tout for business in the firm's delivery van.· But a Eurotunnel spokeswoman dismissed the findings as' intended to allow hypnotherapists to tout for business.· Some banks have begun touting for the business of processing for rivals. 1[transitive] to praise something or someone in order to persuade people that they are important or worth a lot:  his much touted musicalbe touted as something Nell is being touted as the next big thing in Hollywood.2[intransitive, transitive] especially British English to try to persuade people to buy goods or services you are offeringtout for business/custom British English (=look for customers) Minicab drivers are not allowed to tout for business.3[intransitive, transitive] American English to give someone information about a horse in a race tout1 verbtout2 noun touttout2 (also ticket tout) noun [countable] British English Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Touts were selling tickets to the match for £50 or more. Organisers of the concert were worried there would be trouble from ticket touts. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Persecuting the tout - and, if possible, prosecuting him as well - has become a sport in itself. Promoters have their reasons for pricing this way; having done so, they should see that touts provide a useful service. The Government has vowed to outlaw the sale by touts of tickets outside grounds on the day of matches. The outdoor proctor or tout sought business and acted as an agent for petition-drawers and proctors. Tonight, touts remove five times the original ticket cost from those who didn't make it to the box office. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who sells things illegally► pusher/dealer someone who buys and sells illegal drugs: · Dealers were selling heroin outside the stadium.· Drug pushers have been warned to stay away from the club.· Residents complain of cocaine and heroin dealers selling on the streets outside their homes. ► tout British /scalper American someone who stands outside a sports event or concert and sells tickets for it at high prices: · Touts were selling tickets to the match for £50 or more.· Organisers of the concert were worried there would be trouble from ticket touts.· Scalpers wanted $150 for seats that normally sell for $40. someone who buys tickets for a concert, sports match etc and sells them at a higher price, usually on the street near a sports ground, theatre etc SYN scalper American English
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