scoff

英 [skɒf]

美 [skɑːf]

v. 嘲笑; 讥讽; 贪婪地吃; 狼吞虎咽

过去式：scoffed　过去分词：scoffed　现在分词：scoffing　第三人称单数：scoffs　复数：scoffs　

Collins.1 / BNC.15267 / COCA.11015

同义词辨析

ridicule mock scoff sneer【导航词义：嘲笑】

ridiculev. 嘲笑，嘲弄

〔辨析〕

指认为人、想法等愚蠢可笑的，可以是善意揶揄，也可以是恶意奚落。

〔例证〕

In fact, her ideas were ridiculed at that time.
其实，她的观点当时受到了嘲笑。
His stingy personality is often ridiculed by his friends.
他小气的性格常被朋友们嘲笑。

mockv. 〈正式〉嘲笑，讥笑

〔辨析〕

多指意含挖苦地嘲笑或模仿取笑。

〔例证〕

The opposition leader mocked the government's decision.
那位反对党领导人讥笑政府的决定。
The other students mocked him, getting down on one knee.
其他学生学他的样子，单腿跪地。

scoffv. 嘲笑，讥笑

〔辨析〕

通常指嘲笑受到尊重的事物。

〔例证〕

Don't scoff at others' belief!
不要嘲笑别人的信仰！

sneerv. 嘲笑，讥笑，冷笑

〔辨析〕

通过语言、表情等表达对某人或某事物的嘲笑、不屑，常后接介词 at。

〔例证〕

'Is that your best work?' she sneered.
“那就是你最好的作品？”她讥笑道。
She sneered at her husband's tastes in clothes.
她嘲笑丈夫的穿衣品位。

verb

嘲笑；讥讽
to talk about sb/sth in a way that makes it clear that you think they are stupid or ridiculous
1. He scoffed at our amateurish attempts.
  他对我们不在行的尝试嗤之以鼻。
2. Don't scoff─she's absolutely right.
  别嘲笑她——她绝对正确。
贪婪地吃；狼吞虎咽
to eat a lot of sth quickly
1. Who scoffed all the grapes?
  谁那么贪嘴，把葡萄全吃光了？

VERB 嘲笑;讥讽;嘲弄
If youscoff atsomething, you speak about it in a way that shows you think it is ridiculous or inadequate.
1. At first I scoffed at the notion...
  刚开始我对那种想法嗤之以鼻。
2. 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。
3. '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。
VERB 贪婪地吃;狼吞虎咽
If youscofffood, you eat it quickly and greedily.
1. 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

verb

treat with contemptuous disregard
1. flout the rules
Synonym:flout
laugh at with contempt and derision
1. The crowd jeered at the speaker
Synonym:jeerfloutbarrackgibe

It is a book that will make you scoff, not tremble.
因为书中的故事实在是太过牵强和夸张，是一本能让人嗤之以鼻、而不是兴奋颤抖的书。
They scoff at others who travel too quickly or to places they deem not off-the-beaten-path enough.
他们瞧不起其他游得太快或是游览那些他们认为还不够与众不同的景点。
Many bankers might scoff at this.
许多银行家可能会对此嗤之以鼻。
Scoff at other's religion
嘲笑别人的宗教信仰
He wanted Einstein to know, boy did we vindicate you, boy did we show that Eddington was right, despite what all the scoff was foreseeing.
他希望爱因斯坦知道，我们的确证明你是对的，我们的确表明，爱丁顿是正确的，尽管预见到所有的嘲笑和讥讽。
I was no more to her than a morsel of scoff in the fuel-house.
我在她的眼里还不如柴房里的一小堆木屑。
We scoff at their education, habits and tastes.
我们在他们的教育、习惯和味道嘲笑。
Sceptics will scoff for two reasons.
持怀疑态度者会基于两个理由嘲讽这种预期。
Video game makers scoff at the notion that their products can cause a psychiatric disorder.
对于认为视频游戏制造商们的产品能引起精神紊乱的看法，视频游戏制造商们报以的是嘲笑。
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。