| 单词 | scoff |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [skɔf] |
| 解释 | v.嘲笑；狼吞虎咽；n.嘲笑，笑柄 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 嘲笑(to show contempt by derisive acts or language);v. 狼吞虎咽(to eat greedily) 【例】 the scoffs of one's fellow(同伴的嗤笑) |
| 字源 | scoff (v.) mid-14c., "jest, make light of something;" mid-15c., "make fun of, mock," from the noun meaning "contemptuous ridicule" (c.1300), from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skaup, skop "mockery, ridicule," Middle Danish skof "jest, mockery;" perhaps from Proto-Germanic *skub-, *skuf- (cognates: Old English scop "poet," Old High German scoph "fiction, sport, jest, derision"), from PIE *skeubh- "to shove" (see shove (v.)). |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. /n. 嘲笑 【记】读: 死搞妇, 死也要搞定一个妇女的人值得嘲笑. 【类】pontificate: pompous = scoff: derisive[contempt] = drawl: slow = bluster: loud = prate: aimless = thankful: gratitude武断: 高傲的 = 嘲笑: 嘲笑的 = 慢慢说: 慢的 = 怒号: 大声的 = 闲聊: 无目的的 = 感谢的: 感激 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：抠腹，抠肚子会使人笑；s 死命地cough 咳嗽，因为嘲笑，笑得太厉害，或者吃得太猛造成； |
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