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V-ERG
按(汽车喇叭);(汽车喇叭)鸣响 If you hoot the horn on a vehicle or if it hoots, it makes a loud noise on one note.
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I never hoot my horn when I pick a girl up for a date...
我开车接女孩出去约会时从不按喇叭。
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Somewhere in the distance a siren hooted...
远处某个地方响起了警报声。
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I can be very rude to motorists who hoot at me...
对那些朝我按喇叭的司机我会很不客气。
- Hoot is also a noun.
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Mortlake strode on, ignoring the car, in spite of a further warning hoot.
莫特莱克继续大步前行,不理会那辆汽车,尽管它又鸣喇叭警告。
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in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用honk,toot
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VERB
高声大笑;(表示反对而)喊叫 If you hoot, you make a loud high-pitched noise when you are laughing or showing disapproval.
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The protesters chanted, blew whistles and hooted at the name of Governor Pete Wilson...
抗议者喊着口号、吹着哨子,并大声尖叫着皮特·威尔逊州长的名字。
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Bev hooted with laughter.
贝夫高声大笑。
- Hoot is also a noun.
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His confession was greeted with derisive hoots...
他的坦白引起了人们嘲讽的嘘叫。
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This time she burst into hoots of laughter.
这次她突然放声大笑起来。
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Out in the garden an owl hooted suddenly.
外面的花园里突然有一只猫头鹰呜呜地叫起来。
- 1. The crowd hooted and jeered at the speaker.
- 群众向那演讲人发出轻蔑的叫嚣和嘲笑。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》


