Taunt
[tɔːnt] or [tɔnt]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Very high or tall; as, a ship with taunt masts.
(v. t.) To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
(n.) Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
巴贝奇錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. Mock, flout, chaff, ridicule, revile, reproach, upbraid, censure, deride, jeer, twit, scoff at, sneer at, rail at, make game of, make fun of, treat with scorn, make a butt of, make merry with, POKE FUN AT.
n. Ridicule, derision, scoff, censure, reproach, insult, jeer, gibe, quip, quirk, caustic remark.
布莱尔整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Reproach, upbraid, rebuke, censure, jeer, scoff, deride, gibe, sneer, mock,revile, twit
ANT:Compliment, congratulate
埃维塔校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to reproach or upbraid with severe or insulting words: to censure sarcastically.—n. upbraiding sarcastic or insulting words: a bitter reproach.—n. Taunt′er.—adj. Taunt′ing.—adv. Taunt′ingly.
乔迪校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Your Lordship might have spared that taunt; I do not, dare not love her. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I prefer her cuirassed in pride, armed with a taunt. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He waited awhile, longing for her to say something, even a taunt, to which he might reply. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- None shall know where we have been or what we have seen to-night; neither taunt nor misconstruction can consequently molest us. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Don't taunt me. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Adolph, enraged at this taunt, flew furiously at his adversary, swearing and striking on every side of him. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Every motive, every threat, every angry taunt was urged in vain. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- What injustice, Anselmo taunted. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Alexander, blind with rage and jealousy, taunted and insulted his father. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- How often has she taunted me with lack of dignified reserve and needful caution! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- You have taunted me till my blood is up; you have worried me till I turn again. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He reviled them as Saxons and snobs at the very top pitch of his high Celtic voice; they taunted him with being the native of a conquered land. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I rather think some of you have called him a dotard; you have taunted him with his age and the loss of his physical vigour. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- And at the remembrance of her taunting words, his brow grew stern, though his heart beat thick with longing love. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- In his savage taunting, he flared the candle so close at me that I turned my face aside to save it from the flame. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- It might seem like taunting her with her own poor fortunes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- On the handsome face of the boy a grim smile played, and ever and anon he threw a taunting challenge to the foes that faced him. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I was passing out without looking at her, when she touched me with a taunting hand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The great beast stopped and, turning, eyed the taunting figure above her. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- The whole bulk of the fog teemed with such taunts, uttered in tones of universal hoarseness. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- There he perched, hurling taunts and insults at the raging, foaming beast fifty feet below him. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Then, in a rush, it cruelly taunts him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Mr. Brooke again winced inwardly, for Dorothea's engagement had no sooner been decided, than he had thought of Mrs. Cadwallader's prospective taunts. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Sikes knew too much, and his ruffian taunts had not galled Fagin the less, because the wounds were hidden. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- The woman took no notice of these taunts, but walked on, with the same expression of angry scorn, as if she heard nothing. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I cannot help giving myself some little credit for the patience and command of temper with which I endured all these taunts. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
恩里克錄入