| 词汇 | scoffing |
| 释义 | scoffing present participle ofscoff 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 haze lampoon make a mockery of somethingidiom make a monkey out of someoneidiom mimic mimicry mock mockery mocking parody scoff scoffer self-caricature self-mockery self-mocking 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 gulp inhale mainline pick at something picnic pig pig out postprandial Related wordscoffer Examples of scoffingscoffing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. However, we can, like the teachers, be good sources of feedback to researchers, if only by scoffing at suggested terminology and denying the salience of certain features in our music. 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 It is no good scoffing that only a third of the membership protested. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was not in any sense scoffing at the idea or prospect of inward investment, which is very welcome and essential. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That sounds a lot, but there need be no scoffing; it can undoubtedly be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is treating a very serious issue in a scoffing way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Despite the scoffing that takes place, social workers are still of paramount importance to this country in many areas. 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 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 They will take such scoffing very seriously and badly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a fact, and scoffing at it does not make it any the less true. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that such a thing may happen more quickly than many scoffing cynics would allow. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, we look at these things, some of us, with horror, and it is no good scoffing about it, because mankind is in danger. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been a good deal of comment, scoffing at even this period, and it has been said that renewal will be automatic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That seemed to me to be scoffing at the trade which can come out of the 15,000,000. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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