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scoff

scoff
[英] [skɔf] [美] [skɑf, skɔf] 生词本

n.

vi.

  • 易混淆的单词：SCOFF  

  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

1. VERB 嘲笑;讥讽;嘲弄 If you scoff at something, you speak about it in a way that shows you think it is ridiculous or inadequate. 

  • At first I scoffed at the notion...

    刚开始我对那种想法嗤之以鼻。

  • 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。

  • '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。

2. VERB 贪婪地吃;狼吞虎咽 If you scoff food, you eat it quickly and greedily. 

  • 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。

Noun

1. showing your contempt by derision

Verb

1. laugh at with contempt and derision;

  • "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

2. treat with contemptuous disregard;

  • "flout the rules"