tipster

英 [ˈtɪpstə(r)]

美 [ˈtɪpstər]

n.  提供赛马情报的人(常指贩卖情报者); (犯罪行为等的)举报者，告密者

复数：tipsters　

法律

BNC.36550 / COCA.35012

牛津词典

noun

• 提供赛马情报的人（常指贩卖情报者）
  a person who tells you, often in exchange for money, which horse is likely to win a race, so that you can bet on it and win money
• （犯罪行为等的）举报者，告密者
  a person who gives information to the police about a crime or criminal

柯林斯词典

• (专门提供赛马内幕消息的)情报贩子
  Atipsteris someone who tells you, usually in exchange for money, which horses they think will win particular races, so that you can bet money on the horses.

英英释义

noun

• one who sells advice about gambling or speculation (especially at the racetrack)
  Synonym:tout

双语例句

• The police need to find the anonymous tipster if they want to solve the crime.
  如果警察想破案的话，就要找到那个匿名的线人。
• Officials ended their search Tuesday night and went home, with the focus of the investigation now turning to the tipster who led local law enforcement and FBI agents to the home.
  周二晚，官方结束了他们的搜索后已返回，目前已将调查的注意力转向线人，试图将线人带到当地执法部门和联邦调查局官员的家中。
• Kennedy, whose father worked in the shipyards, was the first in his family to go to university, although he almost gave up his studies to become a racing tipster.
  肯尼迪的父亲在造船厂工作。他本人是家中的第一个大学生，尽管他差点为了当一位赛马点评人而放弃学业。
• That is the advice of Chelsea's resident tipster Kerry Dixon as he looks forward to the arrival of Arsenal.
  期待阿森纳到来的同时，切尔西昔日名宿兼投注专家凯利-克森作出上述建议。
• Do we have a name on the tipster?
  有举报人的名字吗？
• But Paul's keepers in Oberhausen, Germany, said the tentacled tipster was not on the transfer list.
  但“东家”德国奥博豪森水族馆明确表示，保罗不会“转会”。
• Truck driver Joe Bankston, told The Houston Chronicle that he had his family had lived at the house for three years and he had no idea why the tipster would have called police.
  卡车司机乔。班克斯汤告诉《休斯敦纪事报》记者：他和他的家人住在那所房子三年了并且他不明白为什么密告者会叫警察。