scalper

n. 剥头皮的人, 做投机倒卖的人, 雕刻刀 [法] 投机倒把者

发音

其它 /ˈskælpɚ/

词形变化

scalpers 复数 scalpers

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person on an open outcry exchange trading floor who buys and sells rapidly for his or her own account, aiming to buy from a seller and a little later sell to a buyer, making a small profit from the difference (roughly the amount of the bid/offer spread, or less).

    商务 金融
  2. 2.

    A surgical instrument for scraping carious bones.

  3. 3.

    One who scalps, or removes the scalp of another.

  4. 4.

    One who scalps any other item with limited availability.

    引申义
  5. 5.

    A gambler who scalps.

    游戏
  6. 6.

    A machine for removing the ends of grain, such as wheat or rye, or for separating the different grades of broken wheat, semolina, etc.

  7. 7.

    One who scalps tickets to popular entertainment events: buying them in advance and then selling them (e.g. online or just outside the venue of the event), often at inflated prices.

    黄牛

    票贩子

    加拿大 美国

    We could see three different scalpers moving through the crowd outside the arena, each muttering the characteristic refrain: “Need any tickets?”

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

plunger speculator

下位词 2

tout ticket tout

词源

From scalp + -er.

来源：wiktionary