| 单词 | tout |
| 释义 | tout (once / 1089 pages) 1vn 2n 3n To tout means to praise, boast, or brag about. If you like to tout your skill as a skier, you tell people you can go down expert-level hills. Sometimes parents will get into bragging wars about their children, each touting the accomplishments of his or her child. Sometimes the word means more of "to claim." The company touted the lotion as a solution to wrinkles. Broccoli has been touted as the cancer-fighting vegetable. In England, a tout is a person who gives advice about gambling. If you're looking to play some money on the ponies, go see the tout who hangs out at Jackie’s bar for a tip. WORD FAMILYtout: touted, touter, touting, touts+/touter: touters USAGE EXAMPLESConservatives openly touted that bill as a “dress rehearsal” for the future. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) Great vintage advertisement: The Union Pacific railroad touts its access to “America’s vital potato markets.” Time(Jan 02, 2017) The statistics Trump touts fit well into his view of a world divided into who’s up and who’s down, winners and losers. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v advertise in strongly positive terms This product was touted as a revolutionary invention Hyper judge, label, pronounce pronounce judgment on 2v show off Syn|Hypo|Hyper blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, vaunt puff speak in a blustering or scornful manner crow, gloat, triumphdwell on with satisfaction congratulate, preenpride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth 3n someone who advertises for customers in an especially brazen way 2Syn|Hyper touter adman, advertiser, advertizer someone whose business is advertising n one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack) 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper tipster racetrack tout someone who offers advice about betting on horses (either to influence the odds or in the hope of sharing some of the winnings) adviser, advisor, consultant an expert who gives advice n someone who buys tickets to an event in order to resell them at a profit Syn|Hyper ticket tout scalper someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost |
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