tout

英 [ta?t] 美[ta?t]

TEM8GRE低頻詞常用詞匯

復數:?touts;第三人稱單數:?touts;過去式:?touted;過去分詞:?touted;現在分詞:?touting;

tout------"套他"-----招徠，勸誘

tout 吹噓，兜售，倒賣門票

原為竊賊行話，來自中古英語 tuten,偷窺，偷看，放風。現詞義可能改寫自 toot,發出嘟嘟聲，鳴喇叭，引申詞義大吹法螺，后用于指吹噓，兜售，倒賣門票等。

tout: tout: [14] The etymological notion underlying tout is of ‘sticking out, projecting’. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *tūt- ‘project’, whose other descendants include Dutch tuit ‘spout’. It is assumed to have produced an Old English *tūtian, but it does not turn up in the written record until the Middle English period, by which time the notion of ‘poking out’ had moved on to ‘peeking’ or ‘peeping’. It progressed further to ‘spy on’, but the modern ‘look for business’ did not emerge until the 18th century.
tout (v.): 1700, thieves' cant, "to act as a lookout, spy on," from Middle English tuten "to peep, peer," probably from a variant of Old English totian "to stick out, peep, peer," from Proto-Germanic *tut- "project" (cognates: Dutch tuit "sprout, snout," Middle Dutch tute "nipple, pap," Middle Low German tute "horn, funnel," Old Norse tota "teat, toe of a shoe"). The sense developed to "look out for jobs, votes, customers, etc., to try to get them" (1731), then "praise highly in an attempt to sell" (1920). Related: Touted; touting.

1. He visited Thailand and Singapore to tout for investment.: 他訪問了泰國與新加坡，以期招攬投資。

2. Minicabs are not allowed to tout for hire on the streets.: 小型出租車禁止在街上兜攬生意。

5. Ils ne touchaient plus ce sujet de tout 1'apr è s - midi.: 他們整個下午都不再接觸此問題.