| 单词 | scoff |
| 释义 | scoff /skɒf $ skɒːf, skɑːf/ verb 1 [intransitive, transitive]MAKE FUN OF to laugh at a person or idea, and talk about them in a way that shows you think they are stupid 嘲笑，讥笑，嘲弄scoff at David scoffed at her fears. 戴维嘲笑她的恐惧。 Officials scoffed at the idea. 官员们都嘲笑这个想法。 ‘You, a scientist!’ he scoffed. “就你，还科学家！”他讥笑道。2 [transitive] British English informalEAT to eat something very quickly 狼吞虎咽地吃 She scoffed the plate of biscuits. 她一下子吃光了那盘饼干。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusscoff• Initially this was scoffed at as farfetched conjecture, but gradually it has received grudging respect and empirical support.• Now, as on other occasions, David had scoffed at her fears.• Reenie Kelleher, a New York native, scoffed at it for the first five winters she spent in Cambridge.• Many people scoffed at predictions that it would draw 12 million people a year by 1985.• But it seems we consoled ourselves by scoffing more chocs.• I left three pies in the fridge and someone's scoffed the lot!• In the morning they'd knocked the glass down and scoffed the lot.• She used to scoff the whole plate when she came round.scoff at• Parker scoffed at the movie's critics.Origin scoff (1300-1400) Probably from a Scandinavian languagescoff verbChinese laugh and Corpus at talk idea, person or a to |
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