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To tout something means to praise it a lot, often to try to get people to buy it or believe in it — like a company that touts its new product as "the best on the market." In British English, a "tout" (especially a "ticket tout") is a person who buys tickets and them at a higher price outside a concert or game, often illegally.
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原始詞典資料12 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
toutnoun詞源 1/taʊt/
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Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
- Be careful of the ticket touts outside the arena; they are famed for selling counterfeits.
- Paul Muniment looked at his young friend a moment. 'Do you want to know what he is? He's a tout.' 'A tout? What do you mean?' 'Well, a cat's-paw, if you like better.'
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A person at a racecourse who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
- No one, however, would have anything to do with him, as Mr. Keeson's orders in those respects were very strict ; he had often threatened any one of his employés with instant dismissal if he found him in company with one of these touts.
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An informer in the Irish Republican Army.
- The Derry Brigade of the IRA thought it had got rid of its informer problem when earlier that year it executed Paddy Flood as a tout, after holding him for six weeks.
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archaicA spy for a smuggler, thief, or the like.
toutverb詞源 1/taʊt/
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To flaunt, to publicize/publicise; to boast or brag about; to promote.
- Mary has been touted as a potential successor to the current CEO.
- China has touted its policy of non-interference for decades.
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slanghobbieshorse-racinghorseracingTo spy out information about (a horse, a racing stable, etc.).
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slanghobbieshorse-racinghorseracingTo give a tip on (a racehorse) to a person, with the expectation of sharing in any winnings.
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slanghobbieshorse-racinghorseracingTo spy out the movements of racehorses at their trials, or to get by stealth or other improper means the secrets of the stable, for betting purposes.
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slanghobbieshorse-racinghorseracingTo act as a tout; to give a tip on a racehorse.
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To look for, try to obtain; used with for.
- To understand the new London, I lived it. I slept rough with Roma beggars and touted for work with Baltic laborers on the kerb.
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obsoleteTo look upon or watch.
- Nor durst Orcanes view the Soldan's face, / But still upon the floor did pore and tout.
toutnoun詞源 2
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card-gamesgamesIn the game of solo, a proposal to win all eight tricks.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。