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词汇 tote board
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Definition of tote board in US English:

tote board

noun
  • A large board on which changing numerical information (such as betting odds, telethon donations, or election results) is displayed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've become addicted to checking the tote board every few hours.
    • There has been much speculation about winning horses that have dropped in price on the tote board during the running of a race.
    • Watching the distant green meadows and the ever-changing odds flash up and down on the big tote board, people kept pondering over their strange but irresistible pastime and scanning the line-up for winning names.
    • The track's grandstand terrace, adjacent to its historic grandstand structure, sustained heavy damage, as did the paddock, jockeys' quarters, and infield tote board.
    • Behind them, in chalk, is a train schedule, like a tote board at a racetrack.
    • On October 6, it cancelled its 11-race card because of an electrical problem that rendered its infield tote board useless.
    • Here he gestures toward a tote board and a table of prizes.
    • Here's the tote board for five cities to watch in the 2002 run for No. 1.
    • We can talk about point spreads and totals like we're sitting in a sports book, squinting at the tote board and waiting for the waitstaff to bring more Bloody Marys.
    • Maybe tonight they were tired and wanted to go home because in less than a minute the tote board went blank and the revised order of finish was posted.
    • When the Senate resumed its session, it attempted to vote on the measure, only to find that four Democrats were now voting against it, and that more than a dozen Republicans were refraining from entering their votes on the tote board.
    • Kirk and Tom use a little tote board (sort of like a cribbage board) to keep track of which numbered trawl lines have been hauled and which remain to be done.
    • I know we didn't get any respect on the tote board, but looking at the numbers, this horse belonged.
    • The Twentieth Century Society had campaigned for the stadium's Tote board building to be granted listed status.
    • Tote boards at the rear of the room show the state of all aircrafts by coloured lights.
    • Okay, let's look at the tote board.
    • The stewards immediately lit the tote board's inquiry sign, but deliberated for several minutes before changing the order of finish.
    • There is a tote board showing slot machine wins that day.
    • Knots of dealers and speculators crowd the observation gallery, gossiping and watching the tote board, a huge black panel with company names and prices in glowing red.
    • The tote board is looking pretty grim right now, and we're nowhere near our goal.

Origin

1950s: shortened from totalizator.

Definition of tote board in US English:

tote board

noun
North American
  • A large board on which changing numerical information (such as betting odds, telethon donations, or election results) is displayed.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On October 6, it cancelled its 11-race card because of an electrical problem that rendered its infield tote board useless.
    • The tote board is looking pretty grim right now, and we're nowhere near our goal.
    • Knots of dealers and speculators crowd the observation gallery, gossiping and watching the tote board, a huge black panel with company names and prices in glowing red.
    • Kirk and Tom use a little tote board (sort of like a cribbage board) to keep track of which numbered trawl lines have been hauled and which remain to be done.
    • I've become addicted to checking the tote board every few hours.
    • Here he gestures toward a tote board and a table of prizes.
    • Maybe tonight they were tired and wanted to go home because in less than a minute the tote board went blank and the revised order of finish was posted.
    • Watching the distant green meadows and the ever-changing odds flash up and down on the big tote board, people kept pondering over their strange but irresistible pastime and scanning the line-up for winning names.
    • The stewards immediately lit the tote board's inquiry sign, but deliberated for several minutes before changing the order of finish.
    • Behind them, in chalk, is a train schedule, like a tote board at a racetrack.
    • There has been much speculation about winning horses that have dropped in price on the tote board during the running of a race.
    • I know we didn't get any respect on the tote board, but looking at the numbers, this horse belonged.
    • We can talk about point spreads and totals like we're sitting in a sports book, squinting at the tote board and waiting for the waitstaff to bring more Bloody Marys.
    • There is a tote board showing slot machine wins that day.
    • Here's the tote board for five cities to watch in the 2002 run for No. 1.
    • When the Senate resumed its session, it attempted to vote on the measure, only to find that four Democrats were now voting against it, and that more than a dozen Republicans were refraining from entering their votes on the tote board.
    • The track's grandstand terrace, adjacent to its historic grandstand structure, sustained heavy damage, as did the paddock, jockeys' quarters, and infield tote board.
    • Tote boards at the rear of the room show the state of all aircrafts by coloured lights.
    • Okay, let's look at the tote board.
    • The Twentieth Century Society had campaigned for the stadium's Tote board building to be granted listed status.

Origin

1950s: shortened from totalizator.

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