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hoots

hoots
[英] [hu:ts] [美] [huts, uts] 生词本

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  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

1. 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. 

  • 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。

  • Somewhere in the distance a siren hooted...

    远处某个地方响起了警报声。

  • 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.

    • 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。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用honk,toot
2. 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. 

  • 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。

  • Bev hooted with laughter.

    贝夫高声大笑。

  • Hoot is also a noun.

    • His confession was greeted with derisive hoots...

      他的坦白引起了人们嘲讽的嘘叫。

    • This time she burst into hoots of laughter.

      这次她突然放声大笑起来。

3. VERB （猫头鹰）发出鸣叫声 When an owl hoots, it makes a sound like a long 'oo'. 

  • 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。

4. N-SING 滑稽可笑的人（或事物） If you say that someone or something is a hoot, you think they are very amusing. 

  • Michael Fish is my favourite. He's a hoot, a real character.

    我最喜欢迈克尔·菲什。他滑稽逗趣，是个实实在在的人物。

5. PHRASE 毫不在乎;根本不在意 If you say that you don'tgive a hoot or don't care two hoots about something, you are emphasizing that you do not care at all about it. 

  • Alan doesn't care two hoots about Irish politics...

    艾伦对爱尔兰政治毫不关心。

  • They just don't give a hoot.

    他们根本毫不在乎。