| 词汇 | scoff |
| 释义 | scoff verb uk /skɒf/ us /skɑːf/ scoffverb (LAUGH)[ I ] to laugh and talk about a person or idea in a way that shows that you think they are stupid or silly: 嘲笑，讥笑 The critics scoffed at his paintings.批评家对他的画作嗤之以鼻。 Years ago people would have scoffed at the idea that cars would be built by robots.多年前，人们会嘲笑让机器人来制造汽车这种想法。 Mocking and taunting caricature deride deride someone/something as something derision derisive lampoon lay yourself open to ridiculeidiom make a mockery of somethingidiom make a monkey out of someoneidiom mimic mimicry mock mockery piss sardonic sardonically scoffer self-caricature self-mockery tauntingly scoffverb (EAT)[ T ]UKinformal(USscarf) to eat something quickly and eagerly: 狼吞虎咽地吃 I baked a huge cake this morning, and the kids scoffed the lot.我今天早上烤了一个大蛋糕，孩子们狼吞虎咽地全吃光了。 to eat food eatWhat do you want to eat for lunch? haveI'll just have one more piece of chocolate cake. consumeHe consumes vast quantities of bread with every meal. devourThe children devoured a whole packet of biscuits. bolt (down)Don't bolt down your food - you'll make yourself ill! gobble (up/down)The children gobbled their sweets. Eating al desko binge binge eating bite break breadidiom cram devour fall on/upon someone feast feast on something feeder feeding inhale mainline pick at something picnic pig pig out postprandial shovel Related wordscoffer scoff noun[ Cusually plural ] uk /skɒf/ us /skɑːf/ laughter at a person or idea that shows you think they are stupid or silly: Despite the scoffs of her colleagues, the experiment was completely successful. This complaint might bring scoffs of mock sympathy. I was really hoping his reaction was a scoff of disbelief. I hear their jeers and scoffs. I won't listen to the scoffs - people scoffed the last time. Mocking and taunting caricature deride deride someone/something as something derision derisive lampoon lay yourself open to ridiculeidiom make a mockery of somethingidiom make a monkey out of someoneidiom mimic mimicry mock mockery piss sardonic sardonically scoffer self-caricature self-mockery tauntingly scoff | American Dictionaryscoff verb[ I ] us/skɔf, skɑf/ to speak about someone or something in a way which shows that you have no respect for that person or thing: The coach scoffed at the notion that he was about to resign. Examples of scoffscoff I can remember people scoffing at the idea that we would find teachers in this way, but we have found 5,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The suggestion that the rich will grow rich and the poor will grow poorer is scoffed at. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anyone who scoffs and says that this is an irrelevance has only to speak to people who come from afar. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every time any reference is made to the years between 1945 and 1951 there are scoffs and sneers from the benches opposite. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are attacking these building societies and scoffing at them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One hundred pounds has been scoffed at this afternoon, but it is not a very small sum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The creation of happiness for the greatest number is an ideal that he followed, and it is not to be scoffed at. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have a remedy which is much scoffed at. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, he scoffed at the description of the tax as broadly-based and referred to the wide-range of zero rating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What has concerned me most has been that the opponents of the proposed referendum have tried to defeat the idea by scorning and scoffing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He rather scoffed at this question of standard revenue and treated it very lightly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A few years ago, people would have scoffed at the suggestion of a female astronaut, let alone females in every profession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We were scoffed at for doing it, but it gave greater security to the backward nations than anything of the kind we are now discussing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposals have been scoffed at because it was said that loopholes were nonexistent, or were so small that the revenue lost was negligible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He scoffed at those who do not approve of economic nationalism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of scoff These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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