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单词 ticket tout
释义

ticket /tikˈit/

noun
  1. A card, slip, or (formerly) placard bearing a notice or serving as a token of any right or debt, eg for admission, travel by public transport, penalty for some offence (esp motoring), etc
  2. A tag or label, esp one showing the price, size, etc of the item to which it is attached
  3. A certificate (slang)
  4. Discharge from the army (slang)
  5. A licence or permit, esp one allowing work as a ship's master or pilot (informal)
  6. A list of candidates put forward by a party for election (N American)
  7. Any or all of the principles associated with a particular political party, esp as a basis for its election to government (N American)
  8. A visiting card (obsolete)
transitive verb
  1. To label, to designate for a particular use
  2. To issue a ticket to
ORIGIN: OFr estiquet(te), from estiquer to stick, from OLGer stekan; cf stick2

tickˈetless adjective

ticket agent noun

An agent who sells tickets on behalf of a theatre, or a railway, etc

ticket collector noun

ticket day noun

The day before settling-day on the Stock Exchange, when notes of transactions completed are received

tickˈet-holder noun

A person possessing a ticket, eg for a concert or other event

ticket office noun

A place where tickets are sold

ticket of leave noun

Formerly, a licence to leave prison before expiry of sentence, but with certain restrictions on one

ticket-of-leave man noun

ticket porter noun

  1. A licensed porter
  2. A railway porter who collects tickets

ticket punch noun

An instrument for punching holes in tickets

ticket tout see under tout1

ticket writer noun

An expert in lettering who writes placards for shop windows, etc

tickˈet-writing noun

be tickets (S Afr sl)

To be the end

have tickets on oneself (Aust and NZ slang)

To be conceited

straight ticket

All the nominees of a political party, and no others

that's (just) the ticket (informal)

That's exactly the right thing or the thing to be done

tout1 /towt/

intransitive verb
  1. To solicit for custom in an obtrusive, aggressive or brazen way
  2. To spy on racehorses in training
transitive verb
  1. To watch or spy on
  2. To advertise, praise or recommend strongly
noun
  1. A person who touts
  2. Someone who hangs about racing-stables, etc, to pick up profitable information
  3. Someone who buys up numbers of tickets for a popular sporting event, etc and sells them at a large profit (also ticket tout)
ORIGIN: Appar related to toot1

toutˈer noun

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