mock
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If someone mocks you, they show or pretend that they think you are foolish or inferior, for example by saying something funny about you, or by imitating your behaviour. 嘲笑; (爲(wèi)了取笑) 模倣
I thought you were mocking me. 我以爲(wèi)你在嘲笑我。
2. ADJ You use mock to describe something which is not real or genuine, but which is intended to be very similar to the real thing. 假裝的[ADJ n]
"It's tragic!" swoons Jeffrey in mock horror. “太悲慘了！”傑弗裡假裝害怕得昏了過(guò)去。
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mock /m?k/ (mocking,mocked,mocks)
劍橋詞典
- formal
to laugh at someone, often by copying them in a funny but unkind way
嘲笑，嘲弄；（常指爲(wèi)取笑而）模倣
They were mocking him because he kept falling off his bike . 他們一個(gè)勁兒嘲笑他，因爲(wèi)他老是從自行車上摔下來(lái)。
She made fun of him by mocking his limp . 她模倣他一瘸一柺地走路來(lái)取笑他。
to make something appear stupid or not effective
愚弄；使徒勞，挫敗
The wind mocked their attempts to reach the shore by pushing the boat further and further out to sea . 風(fēng)把船往海裡刮得越來(lái)越遠(yuǎn)，使他們靠岸的努力落空。