tout

verb

/taʊt/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they tout	/taʊt/ /taʊt/
he / she / it touts	/taʊts/ /taʊts/
past simple touted	/ˈtaʊtɪd/ /ˈtaʊtɪd/
past participle touted	/ˈtaʊtɪd/ /ˈtaʊtɪd/
-ing form touting	/ˈtaʊtɪŋ/ /ˈtaʊtɪŋ/

[transitive, often passive] to try to persuade people that somebody/something is important or valuable by praising them/it标榜；吹捧；吹嘘
- be touted (as something) She's being touted as the next leader of the party.她被吹捧为该党的下一任领导人。
- Their much-touted expansion plans have come to nothing.他们大肆吹捧的扩张计划没有实现。
[intransitive, transitive] (especially British English) to try to persuade people to buy your goods or services, especially by going to them and asking them directly兜售；推销
- tout (for something) the problem of unlicensed taxi drivers touting for business at airports没有执照的出租汽车司机在机场揽生意的问题
- tout something He's busy touting his client's latest book around London publishers.他正忙于向伦敦多家出版商兜售他的委托人的一部新书。
[transitive] (British English)
(North American English scalp)
tout something to sell tickets for a popular event illegally, at a price that is higher than the official price, especially outside a theatre, stadium, etc.（尤指在剧院、体育场等外以高价）倒卖门票，卖黑市票Topics Crime and punishmentc2

词源Middle English tute ‘look out’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuit ‘spout, nozzle’. Later senses were ‘watch, spy on’ (late 17th cent.) and ‘solicit custom’ (mid 18th cent.). The noun was first recorded (early 18th cent.) in the slang use ‘thieves' lookout’.

tout

noun

/taʊt/

(also ticket tout)

(both British English)

(North American English scalper)

a person who buys tickets for concerts, sports events, etc. and then sells them to other people at a higher price（音乐会、体育比赛等的）倒卖门票的人，票贩子Topics Film and theatrec2, Crime and punishmentc2
Collocations Dictionary
Tout is used after these nouns:
ticket
词源Middle English tute ‘look out’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tuit ‘spout, nozzle’. Later senses were ‘watch, spy on’ (late 17th cent.) and ‘solicit custom’ (mid 18th cent.). The noun was first recorded (early 18th cent.) in the slang use ‘thieves' lookout’.