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

Cynics may scoff at the marketing gloss, but the18 month start-up's products sell across the world.
有些愤世嫉俗者可能会嘲讽这种行销手段，但事实证明，这家成立了仅18个月的公司生产的产品畅销全球。
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。
I am become a laughing-stock all the day, all scoff at me.
我终日成为笑柄，人都嘲笑我。
The scandal has made us the laughingstock of the country. He was the scoff of the town.
那条丑闻成了我们举国上下的笑柄。他成为全城的笑柄。
The integration is a radical step for the health authorities, who usually scoff at this kind of practice.
这样的结合让医疗权威，嘲笑为一个极端的作法。
Don't scoff& what I've just said is absolutely true.
别嘲笑&我刚才说的是千真万确的。
Proud owners of silicon implants scoff at the notion that beauty is only skin-deep.
认为美丽是肤浅的看法被自豪的硅胶移植者（隆胸？？）所嘲笑。
Does Microsoft scoff at intellectual property law too, then?
那么，微软也藐视知识产权法吗？
'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。
Some experts scoff at that but admit that the reluctance exists.
有些专家对这种意识嗤之以鼻，但也承认这种不愿接受麻醉的心态依旧存在。