tout
- vi.
- 招徕顾客,兜售物品
- vt.
- 招徕,刺探...情报
- n.
- 兜售者,侦查者
中文释义来自 ECDICT
tout1词源 1
/taʊt/
词源链
- 英语English
tout
词源说明
From Middle English touten (“to jut out, protrude, gaze upon, observe, peer”), from Old English *tūtian (“to be sticking out, protrude”), related to Old English tȳtan (“to stand out, be conspicuous, shine”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tut(t)- (“to stick out, project”). Compare Icelandic túta (“a teat-like prominence”), tútna (“to be blown up”). Possibly influenced by dialectal toot (“to stick out; project; peer out; peep”), from Middle English toten, totien, from Old English tōtian (“to peep out; look; pry; spectate”). Compare also Old English tot, ġetot (“pomp, splendour, vainglory”).
释义
名词noun
- 1Someone advertising for customers in an aggressive way.
- 2A person at a racecourse who offers supposedly inside information on which horse is likely to win.
- 3colloquialAn informer in the Irish Republican Army
tout2词源 2
词源链
- 英语English
tout
词源说明
Probably from French tout (“all”).
释义
名词noun
- 1