bookmaker
bookmaker — 名詞
- bookmakersingular
- bookmakersplural
1. a person or company that accepts bets on races or other events, sets the odds, a
莊家
接受下注並派彩的人或公司
a person or company that accepts bets on races or other events, sets the odds, and pays the winners
The bookmaker cut the odds after the favourite won its last two races.
那匹熱門馬連贏最近兩場後，莊家調低了賠率。
bookmaker + cut the odds
Outside the stadium, Ziad asked the bookmaker how much a ten-pound bet would pay.
在體育場外，Ziad 問莊家押十英鎊能賠多少。
ask the bookmaker how much a bet would pay
Bookmakers at the track were taking bets on every race before noon.
中午前，跑馬場裡的莊家就開始接受每一場比賽的下注。
When the underdog won, the bookmaker handed Vivek a thick roll of notes.
爆冷門後，莊家把一大卷鈔票交給了 Vivek。
The online bookmaker stopped new bets when the captain was ruled out.
隊長確定不能上場後，這家線上莊家停止接受新的賭注。
online bookmaker + stop new bets
- licensed bookmaker
- online bookmaker
- high-street bookmaker
- set the odds
- take bets
- bookie
informal everyday shortening, especially common in British speech
- oddsmaker
focuses more on setting the prices than on taking money from customers
- betting operator
business term for a company running a betting service
- croupier
casino-table worker, not a person taking race or sports bets for customers
- bettor
the person who places the money on the result
文法句型
a bookmaker
bet with a bookmaker
bookmaker + set/cut odds
用法筆記
Usually refers to the person or company taking the bet, not to the customer who risks the money. In informal British English, people often say bookie instead.
常見錯誤
2. a shop where people go to place bets and collect winnings on races or sports eve
投注站
讓人對比賽下注的店面
a shop where people go to place bets and collect winnings on races or sports events
After lunch, Henrik stopped at the bookmaker's to place a small bet on the Derby.
午餐後，Henrik 到投注站押了一小注德比賽。
go to the bookmaker's to place a bet
A queue formed outside the bookmaker's before the first race began.
第一場比賽開始前，投注站外面就排起了隊。
On rainy afternoons, the little bookmaker's near the station stays busy for hours.
下雨的午後，車站旁那家小投注站常常忙上好幾個小時。
Linh waited by the bookmaker's window while her uncle checked the latest odds.
Linh 在投注站的櫃窗旁等著，叔叔則在看最新賠率。
the bookmaker's window in a betting-shop scene
- local bookmaker's
- outside the bookmaker's
- window of the bookmaker's
- go round to the bookmaker's
- betting shop
clear modern phrase for a public place where people place bets
- sportsbook
more common in American English, especially for a larger sports-betting venue or service
- bookie's
informal British way to refer to the same shop
文法句型
the bookmaker's
go to the bookmaker's
outside the bookmaker's
用法筆記
Most often appears in British English as the bookmaker's or the bookie's when speakers mean the shop itself. American English is more likely to use betting shop or sportsbook.