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tout/taʊt/ v. & n.●v. 1 intr. (usu. foll. by 通常后跟 for) solicit custom persistently; pester customers 兜售;招揽 touting for business 招揽生意 2 tr. solicit the custom of (a person) or for (a thing) 招徕(某人);兜售(某物) 3 intr.a Brit. spy out the movements and condition of racehorses in training [英]探听赛马训练情况 b US offer racing tips for a share of the resulting profit [美]提供赛马信息以获取好处 ●n. 1 a person employed in touting 兜售者;招揽生意者 2 = TICKET TOUT □ touter n.[Middle English tūte ‘look out’ = Middle English (now dialect) toot (Old English tōtian) from Germanic] |