taunt

/tɒ:nt/ uk　 词频 #10645

托福 TOEFL英语专业八级

taunt 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 辱骂, 嘲弄

vt. 嘲弄, 奚落

a. 很高的

英文释义

n aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

v harass with persistent criticism or carping

taunt 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 taunt 在自然语境里怎么用：

My brother didn’t gossip or taunt, but simply held on to information like a trusted bank.

—— A Splintering

Other students taunted Larysa and Oleh, calling them “Chernobyl hedgehogs” and starting rumors that they were radioactive.

—— A Chernobyl Widow’s Tragedy, Forty Years Later

Another discussed targeting others as “sissies” to avoid the taunts himself.

—— We’re All Wrong About Men and Feminism

I think of Vince McMahon showing up in the ring with three blondes with big breasts and taunting his wife, who is in a wheelchair, and apparently blind.

—— The Apprenticeship of Linda McMahon

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