| [/huːt; hut/] n 用法:
1 cry of an owl 猫头鹰的叫声. 用法:
2 sound made by a vehicle's horn, factory siren, etc 车辆的喇叭、 工厂汽笛等的鸣响声. 用法:
3 shout expressing disapproval or scorn 表示反对或轻蔑的喊叫声:
His suggestion was greeted with hoots of laughter. 他的建议引起了阵阵嗤笑. 用法:
4 (infml) (a) loud laugh of delight and amusement 哈哈大笑.
(b) thing that causes this 令人捧腹的事物:
What a hoot! 真可笑! *
She looked an absolute hoot! 她看起来十分可笑! 用法:
5 (idm 习语) not care/give a hoot/two hoots (infml) not care at all 毫不在乎. hoot 2
v 用法:
1 [I, Ipr] ~ (at sb/sth) make a hoot or hoots （猫头鹰）鸣叫; （车辆的喇叭、 工厂汽笛等）鸣响; 嘘叫:
the eery sound of an owl hooting 猫头鹰那怪异恐怖的叫声 *
The driver hooted at the sheep in the road. 那司机按汽车喇叭把道路上的羊轰走. *
The crowd was hooting and jeering at the speaker. 人群发出嘘叫声嘲笑那个演说者. *
He hooted with laughter. 他哈哈大笑. 用法:
2 [Tn] make scornful hoots at (sb); greet with jeers 向（某人）发出轻蔑的喝叫声:
hoot a bad actor 向蹩脚演员叫倒好. 用法:
3 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (at sb/sth) sound (a horn) 鸣（喇叭）:
The driver hooted his horn (at us). 司机（冲著我们）鸣喇叭. 用法:
4 (phr v) hoot sth/sb down/off; hoot sb off sth reject sth or drive sb away (from a place) by jeering 以讥笑声拒绝某事物; 以嘘叫声把某人（从某处）轰走:
The proposal was hooted down. 人们嘘叫著拒绝了这项建议. *
hoot a speaker off (a platform) 把一个发言人轰下（台hooves pl of hoof.）去. hooter n 用法:
1 (esp Brit) siren or steam whistle, esp as a signal for work to start or stop at a factory, etc 汽笛; （尤指工厂等发出上下班信号的）汽笛. 用法:
2 (dated 旧 esp Brit) car horn 汽车喇叭. 用法:
3 (Brit sl 俚) nose 鼻子. |