scoff /ˈskɑf, ˈskɔf/
嘲笑,嘲弄,愚弄,笑柄,食品(vt.)(vi.)嘲笑,嘲弄,貪吃,狼吞虎嚥
Scoff n.
1. Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
With scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak.
2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
The scoff of withered age and beardless youth. --Cowper.
Scoff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scoffed p. pr. & vb. n. Scoffing.] To show insolent ridicule or mockery; to manifest contempt by derisive acts or language; -- often with at.
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway,
And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray. --Goldsmith.
God's better gift they scoff at and refuse. --Cowper.
Syn: -- To sneer; mock; gibe; jeer. See Sneer.
Scoff, v. t. To treat or address with derision; to assail scornfully; to mock at.
To scoff religion is ridiculously proud and immodest. --Glanvill.
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scoff
n : showing your contempt by derision [syn: jeer, jeering, mockery,
scoffing]
v 1: laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at
the speaker" [syn: jeer, flout, barrack, gibe]
2: treat with contemptuous disregard; "flout the rules" [syn: flout]