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heckler

/hek-ler, hek-uh-ler/US // ˈhɛk lər, ˈhɛk ə lər //

吹牛者,闹事者,喧哗者,发球者

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who harasses a public speaker or performer with impertinent questions, insults, etc.:As a comedian, you have to face any hecklers in the crowd head-on and deal with them, because if you don't, they can take over the show.

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Examples

  • In Las Vegas, Clark County election officials dealt with so many hecklers and protesters that they increased security at their counting center.

  • But then in 2011 he weaponized comedy, slicing and dicing his political rivals in the same way a comedian deals with a heckler.

  • Whatever points heckler Ellen Sturtz was looking to score, the first lady was not playing.

  • Glaser says attacking the audience is off-limits, though she did call a heckler a “c--t” once.

  • His “joke” was reactive to the so-called heckler who called him out in front of an audience.

  • “You can hold your own rally,” the president told the heckler.

  • Then the bearded attorney, whose fame was secure as a heckler of witnesses, rose dramatically from his chair.

  • He wondered, at first in a vague sort of way, why he was such an ardent heckler.

  • As a heckler he was something fearsome; they had to seat him on the platform for to keep him quiet.

  • He was a stout man, dressed in a dark jacket, and had the appearance of a heckler.

  • He was a stout man dressed in a drab jacket and had the appearance of a heckler.