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scoff

英 [skɒf]

美 [skɑːf]

v.  嘲笑; 讥讽; 贪婪地吃; 狼吞虎咽

过去式:scoffed 过去分词:scoffed 现在分词:scoffing 第三人称单数:scoffs 复数:scoffs 

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ridiculemockscoffsneer【导航词义:嘲笑】

ridiculev. 嘲笑,嘲弄
〔辨析〕
指认为人、想法等愚蠢可笑的,可以是善意揶揄,也可以是恶意奚落。
〔例证〕
In fact, her ideas were ridiculed at that time.
其实,她的观点当时受到了嘲笑。
His stingy personality is often ridiculed by his friends.
他小气的性格常被朋友们嘲笑。
mockv. 〈正式〉嘲笑,讥笑
〔辨析〕
多指意含挖苦地嘲笑或模仿取笑。
〔例证〕
The opposition leader mocked the government's decision.
那位反对党领导人讥笑政府的决定。
The other students mocked him, getting down on one knee.
其他学生学他的样子,单腿跪地。
scoffv. 嘲笑,讥笑
〔辨析〕
通常指嘲笑受到尊重的事物。
〔例证〕
Don't scoff at others' belief!
不要嘲笑别人的信仰!
sneerv. 嘲笑,讥笑,冷笑
〔辨析〕
通过语言、表情等表达对某人或某事物的嘲笑、不屑,常后接介词 at。
〔例证〕
'Is that your best work?' she sneered.
“那就是你最好的作品?”她讥笑道。
She sneered at her husband's tastes in clothes.
她嘲笑丈夫的穿衣品位。

牛津词典

    verb

    • 嘲笑;讥讽
      to talk about sb/sth in a way that makes it clear that you think they are stupid or ridiculous
      1. He scoffed at our amateurish attempts.
        他对我们不在行的尝试嗤之以鼻。
      2. Don't scoff─she's absolutely right.
        别嘲笑她——她绝对正确。
    • 贪婪地吃;狼吞虎咽
      to eat a lot of sth quickly
      1. Who scoffed all the grapes?
        谁那么贪嘴,把葡萄全吃光了?

    柯林斯词典

    • VERB 嘲笑;讥讽;嘲弄
      If youscoff atsomething, you speak about it in a way that shows you think it is ridiculous or inadequate.
      1. At first I scoffed at the notion...
        刚开始我对那种想法嗤之以鼻。
      2. You may scoff but I honestly feel I'm being cruel only to be kind...
        你可能不以为然,但我真的认为我狠下心来只是出于一片好意。
      3. 'You'll have to do better than that,' Joanna scoffed.
        “你可得做得比那好,”乔安娜讥讽地说。
    • VERB 贪婪地吃;狼吞虎咽
      If youscofffood, you eat it quickly and greedily.
      1. The pancakes were so good that I scoffed the lot.
        那些薄饼太好吃了,我狼吞虎咽地都吃下去了。

    英英释义

    noun

    verb

    • treat with contemptuous disregard
      1. flout the rules
      Synonym:flout
    • laugh at with contempt and derision
      1. The crowd jeered at the speaker
      Synonym:jeerfloutbarrackgibe

    双语例句

    • He wanted Einstein to know, boy did we vindicate you, boy did we show that Eddington was right, despite what all the scoff was foreseeing.
      他希望爱因斯坦知道,我们的确证明你是对的,我们的确表明,爱丁顿是正确的,尽管预见到所有的嘲笑和讥讽。
    • Historians scoff at plenty of assumptions in this film, especially the notion that Marcus would have wanted a return to the old Republic.
      历史学家嘲笑电影里的大量臆断,尤其是马库斯会想要回到旧共和国的观念。
    • The scandal has made us the laughingstock of the country. He was the scoff of the town.
      那条丑闻成了我们举国上下的笑柄。他成为全城的笑柄。
    • Video game makers scoff at the notion that their products can cause a psychiatric disorder.
      对于认为视频游戏制造商们的产品能引起精神紊乱的看法,视频游戏制造商们报以的是嘲笑。
    • 'You'll have to do better than that,' Joanna scoffed.
      “你可得做得比那好,”乔安娜讥讽地说。
    • They scoff at others who travel too quickly or to places they deem not off-the-beaten-path enough.
      他们瞧不起其他游得太快或是游览那些他们认为还不够与众不同的景点。
    • Republicans scoff at the suggestion Mr Obama has a unique claim on the public service ethos.
      有人认为,在公共服务精神方面,奥巴马先生有着独特的主张,但共和党人对此嗤之以鼻。
    • The organic movement will scoff, too, saying synthetic fertilisers can be replaced by manure and legumes.
      有机运动组织也会嘲笑并说复合肥会被粪肥和豆科绿肥所取代。
    • Sceptics will scoff for two reasons.
      持怀疑态度者会基于两个理由嘲讽这种预期。
    • Citizens of other cities may scoff at Melbourne's brown river.
      其他城市的居民或许会嘲笑墨尔本的褐色泥浆河。