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jeer

/jeer/US // dʒɪər //UK // (dʒɪə) //

嘲笑,嗤之以鼻,笑话,嘲笑声

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to speak or shout derisively; scoff or gibe rudely: Don't jeer unless you can do better.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to shout derisively at; taunt.
    • : to treat with scoffs or derision; mock.
    • : to drive away by derisive shouts: They jeered the speaker off the stage.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a jeering utterance; derisive or rude gibe.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • A mighty shock drowned the boy's words at this moment, and seemed to jeer at them.

  • One of the first canons of criticism is never to attempt the feat yourself; jeer rather at others.

  • But men also humiliate us, degrade us, jeer at, ridicule the miseries that they and their society entail upon us.

  • The driver had turned to jeer at his companion when he found himself seized in a grip there was no fighting against.

  • Of course the boys of the town were attracted by the stranger's singular movements, and began to hoot and jeer.