(the tote)(informal)a system of betting based on the use of the totalizator, in which dividends are calculated according to the amount staked rather than odds offered (非正式)赌金计算制(根据赌金额,而非投注赔率来分红)
语源
late 19th cent.: abbreviation
tote2 verb
[with obj.](informal, chiefly N.Amer.)carry, wield, or convey (something heavy or substantial) (非正式,主北美)携带,手持,运送(重物) here are books well worth toting home. 这些书值得背回家。 [as adj., in combination -toting]a gun-toting loner. 一位背枪的独行客。