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tout v.招徕顾客；极力赞扬 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. 【记】音：掏 out，从你兜里掏出钱来；音：投他，选举时吹捧候选人，投他投他，他最棒【相关】taut (音：套它) (绳子)拉紧的, 整洁的

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[taut] 【英】 v.招徕顾客，极力赞 扬(to praise or publicize loudly)【考】 cast aspersions on(诽谤); denounce(谴责)【例】 tout a car for its large size v. 极力吹捧(来促销); (以一种厚颜无耻的方法)招徕顾客【记】读: 套他, 用套子把行人套进商店－以一种厚颜无耻的方法招徕顾客, 然后吹捧自己的产品.【反】cast aspersions on(诽谤); denounce(v 公开谴责)

单词	tout
音标	[taut]
解释	v.招徕顾客；极力赞扬
红宝书	【英】 v.招徕顾客，极力赞扬(to praise or publicize loudly) 【考】 cast aspersions on(诽谤); denounce(谴责) 【例】 tout a car for its large size
字源	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.
不择手段背单词	v. 极力吹捧(来促销); (以一种厚颜无耻的方法)招徕顾客【记】读: 套他, 用套子把行人套进商店－以一种厚颜无耻的方法招徕顾客, 然后吹捧自己的产品. 【反】cast aspersions on(诽谤); denounce(v 公开谴责)
趣味全助记	【记】音：掏 out，从你兜里掏出钱来；音：投他，选举时吹捧候选人，投他投他，他最棒【相关】taut (音：套它) (绳子)拉紧的, 整洁的

Tout Middle Aspersions On(诽谤 English Peep Peer Dutch