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Mock V Imitate Early 15c Latin Derisive Middle

单词 mock
音标 [mɔk]
解释 v.嘲笑;模仿地嘲弄
红宝书 【英】 v. 嘲笑(to treat with ridicule; deride);模仿地嘲弄(to mimic; imitate)
【考】 mock : imitate / taunt : challenge(mock是模仿性嘲弄/t aunt是挑衅性嘲弄)
【例】 He made all the other boys laugh by mocking the way the teacher spoke and walked.
字源 mock (v.)
early 15c., "to deceive;" mid-15c. "make fun of," from Old French mocquer "deride, jeer," of unknown origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *muccare "to blow the nose" (as a derisive gesture), from Latin mucus; or possibly from Middle Dutch mocken "to mumble" or Middle Low German mucken "grumble." Or perhaps simply imitative of such speech. Related: Mocked; mocking; mockingly. Replaced Old English bysmerian. Sense of "imitating," as in mockingbird and mock turtle (1763), is from notion of derisive imitation.
mock (adj.)
1540s, from mock, verb and noun. Mock-heroic is attested from 1711, describing a satirical use of a serious form; mock-turtle "calf's head dressed to resemble a turtle," is from 1763; as a kind of soup from 1783.
mock (n.)
"derisive action or speech," early 15c., from mock (v.).
不择手段背单词 v. (用模仿或挖苦的方法)嘲笑
【记】把你lock在房间里, mock你.
【类】mock: imitate = taunt: challengemock是模仿性嘲弄 = taunt是挑衅性嘲弄
趣味全助记 【记】monkey猴子经常模仿人,比喻嘲笑;音:墨客,古时墨客经常写文章嘲弄现实,针砭时弊

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