punter

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpʌn.tə/|[ˈpʰʌn.tə]   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who rows or poles a punt (pontoon).
  2. One who punts a football.
  3. One who bets (punts) against the bank.
  4. A program used to forcibly disconnect another user from a chat room. Internet
    — Punters generate hundreds of information inquiries to a legitimate user's client, such as invitations to chat. […] The user is punted from the channel, and must rejoin to gain access.
  5. One who gambles or bets. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,slang
    — […] and having only peeped into a play-room at Baden-Baden when he hung on Dobbin's arm, and where, of course, he was not permitted to gamble, came eagerly to this part of the entertainment and hankered round the tables where the croupiers and the punters were at work.
  6. A customer of a commercial establishment, frequently of a pub or (alternatively) of a prostitute. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,slang
    — She's working the streets like she does every night / Pulling in punters left and right
  7. A beginner or unskilled climber.
  8. The person who keeps score in basset or ombre.
  9. A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member. Scotland
    — He had stolen 'trannies' (transistor radios) and hub caps from cars outside the main hotels in Glasgow, turning the collection into money through dealing with a 'punter' at Charing Cross.

词形变化

punters plural punters plural punters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
cyberpunter

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English punt
English -er
English punter
From punt + -er.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English punt
English -er
English punter
From punt + -er.
词源 3
Etymology tree
English punt
English -er
English punter
From punt + -er.
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