Mock

[mɒk] or [mɑk]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) the act of mocking or ridiculing; 'they made a mock of him'.

(verb.) treat with contempt; 'The new constitution mocks all democratic principles'.

(verb.) imitate with mockery and derision; 'The children mocked their handicapped classmate'.

(adj.) constituting a copy or imitation of something; 'boys in mock battle' .

編輯:兰尼--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.

(v. t.) To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.

(v. t.) To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation.

(v. i.) To make sport contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.

(n.) An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.

(n.) Imitation; mimicry.

(a.) Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.

整理:玛丽

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Ape, mimic, imitate, counterfeit, take off.[2]. Deride, ridicule, jibe, jeer, taunt, scout, chaff, laugh at, make game of, make fun of, treat with contempt, treat with scorn, make a butt of, make merry with, POKE FUN AT.[3]. Illude, deceive, disappoint, balk, cheat, dupe.

a. False, counterfeit, pretended, feigned, assumed, sham, spurious, clap-trap, not real, make-believe.

杰弗里校對

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Jeer, ridicule, flout, mimic, insult, ape, deride, deceive, imitate

ANT:Salute, welcome, respect, admire, compliment, Mode,[See METHOD]

伯尼編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to laugh at: to make sport of: to mimic in ridicule: to disappoint the hopes of: to deceive: to set at nought defy.—n. ridicule a sneer: a bringing into ridicule.—adj. imitating reality but not real: false.—adj. Mock′able exposed to or deserving derision.—ns. Mock′er; Mock′ery Mock′ing derision: ridicule: subject of laughter or sport: fruitless labour: vain imitation: false show.—adj. Mock′-herō′ic mocking the heroic style or the actions or characters of heroes.—n. Mock′ing-bird a bird of North America of the thrush family which mocks or imitates the notes of birds and other sounds.—adv. Mock′ingly.—n. Mock′-or′ange an ornamental shrub of the saxifrage family—also Syringa. Mock sun (see Parhelion); Mock turtle soup a dish made of calf's head veal &c. seasoned in imitation of turtle soup.

哈恩編輯