| 词汇 | punter |
| 释义 | punter noun 1 a customer, a consumer; in the plural, an audience UK, 1965. 2 a prostitute's customer UK, 1970. 3 a gambler UK, 1873. 4 a drug dealer's customer UK, 2000. 5 a confidence trickster's victim UK, 1934 take a punt at1. To make an attempt at; to try. John's taking a punt at writing for an online magazine. He says he likes it so far. 2. To make a guess or estimate about. Many tech websites like this try to take a punt at what cultural trends will be like, but few of them are ever on the mark. take (or have) a punt athave a go at; attempt. Australian & New Zealand informal 1998 Times: Magazine However cheerfully positive I can be about the future, the man from the Pru isn't going to take a punt on me living the full term. punt(pənt) in. to do something different in a pinch; to improvise. (From the act of kicking the ball in order to gain ground in football.) Everyone expected me to lose my temper, so I punted. I cried instead of getting mad. |
| 随便看 |
|
青年旅行网英语在线翻译词典收录了440382条英语词汇在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。