taunts

英 [tɔːnts]

美 [tɔːnts]

v.  辱骂; 嘲笑; 讽刺; 奚落
taunt的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 笑话;嘲笑;奚落;羞辱
  If someonetauntsyou, they say unkind or insulting things to you, especially about your weaknesses or failures.
  1. A gang taunted a disabled man...
     一伙小混混嘲笑一位残疾人。
  2. Other youths taunted him about his clothes.
     其他年轻人笑话他的衣服。
  3. Tauntis also a noun.
     
  4. For years they suffered racist taunts.
     多年来，他们遭受着种族主义者的羞辱。

双语例句

• He was thick-skinned enough to cope with her taunts.
  他脸皮厚，不怕她嘲弄。
• The drunken taunts of the others had hurt his feelings.
  那些人醉后的讥诮怒骂真叫他伤透了心。
• Some half dozen men, standing on the corner, flung taunts and jeers after the speeding car.
  站在拐角处的五六个人，冲着疾驶而过的电车，发出一阵辱骂和嘲笑声。
• He no longer taunts the guards or molests his fellow wards.
  不再辱骂看守和骚扰他的病友。
• That was really unsettling, but I fended off the taunts and jibes of the family good-humouredly.
  这真叫人不好意思，但我心平气和地顶住了全家人的嘲笑和奚落。
• Elsewhere, Christina cruelly taunts Linc, telling him he's stupid and she never cared for him because he's not really her son.
  在办公室，克里斯蒂娜残酷地奚落林肯，说他太傻，他从来没有关心过他，因为他根本就不是她儿子。
• When the class ended, he wondered why he didn't hear the cruel taunts of his fellow students.
  下课后，他纳闷儿同学们为什么没刻薄地奚落他。
• There's nothing that annoys a bully more than someone who won't rise to his taunts.
  没有什么比无法激怒对方更让一个混蛋恼怒的了。
• But to no one would she grant her confidence, answering all taunts with bitter sarcasm, and all serious expostulation with sullen denial, or with floods of tears.
  可是她对谁都不吐露真情，她用辛辣的讽刺回击一切嘲弄；而对认真的规劝，不是矢口否认就是泪如泉涌。
• Susan did her best to ignore their taunts.
  苏姗尽量不去理会那些嘲笑她的话。