hoot

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Related topics: Birds, Motor vehicles, Water

hoot1 /huːt/ noun [countableC]

1 SHOUTLAUGHa shout or laugh that shows you think something is funny or stupid 〔认为某事可笑或愚蠢时发出的〕嘘叫声，嘲笑声

hoot of laughter/derision etc

Hoots of laughter rose from the audience.

观众发出了哄笑声。

2. HBBSOUNDa sound that an owl makes 猫头鹰的叫声

3. TTCTTWSOUNDa short clear sound made by a vehicle or ship, as a warning 〔汽车喇叭、轮船汽笛的〕鸣响声〔以示警告〕

4. be a hoot spokenFUNNY to be very funny or amusing 很可笑，很滑稽

Examples from the Corpus

be a hoot• The movie has a script that is smartly funny, and Hugh Grant is a hoot!• I thought Judy's performance was a real hoot.• At the end of the day, there was the moms' soccer match, which was a hoot!

5 don’t give a hoot/don’t care two hoots spokenDON'T CARE to not care at all about someone or something 一点也不在乎，完全不放在心上

don’t give a hoot/don’t care two hoots about

It was clear that Owen didn’t care two hoots about her.

显然欧文完全不在乎她。

Examples from the Corpus

hoot• Well, he couldn't give a hoot, either!• Needless to say, no lunch for him, as he retreated amidst hoots and laughter, carrying the offending object.• If the skills dipped, there would be hoots of laughter.• Leary's speech drew hoots from the crowd.• There was a brief exchange of hoots, and the clothed human put down the tray and went out again.• The sharp hoot of a train came from the railway yards a mile away: icy across icy spaces.• There was in every office of Salomon a systemwide loudspeaker, called the hoot and holler or just the hoot.• Apart from money, success at Salomon meant having your name shouted over the hoot.• The hooting of a horn made me turn round.

hoot of laughter/derision etc• If the skills dipped, there would be hoots of laughter.• Greene hollered over the hoots of laughter.• The Jospin administration's job-creating brainchild was greeted with hoots of derision when it was announced in 1997.

Related topics: Motor vehicles, Water, Birds

hoot2 verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TTCTTWSOUND if a vehicle or ship hoots, it makes a loud clear noise as a warning 〔汽车〕鸣（喇叭）；〔船〕鸣（笛）〔以作警告〕

hoot at

The car behind was hooting at me.

我身后的汽车冲着我鸣喇叭。

2. [intransitiveI]HBBSOUND if an owl hoots, it makes a long ‘oo’ sound 〔猫头鹰〕鸣叫

3 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]LAUGH to laugh loudly because you think something is funny or stupid （对…）大笑

hoot with laughter/glee/mirth etc

He had the audience hooting with laughter.

他令观众哄堂大笑。

Examples from the Corpus

hoot• Cars and lorries hooting, accelerating and braking put Dawn into a real flap.• Chutra hooted, bared his teeth, scratched his ribs.• A horn hooted behind me. It was Don in his little red car.• Truck drivers hooted, children stared, and just about everyone laughed or waved.• Beyond, the post van hooted indignantly.• That evening was filled with the sound of hooting owls.• Chick started hooting the Cortina's horn impatiently.• Ships hooted their horns as the flag went up.• Two hours later I was woken by men whistling, clicking, trilling and hooting their music to the flocks.• There is too much noise in here to speak: stamping, hooting, whistling.

hoot at• The audience hooted at the actors' mistakes.

hoot with laughter/glee/mirth etc• I stood on her doorstep and started hooting with laughter.• He has the audience hooting with laughter and then within seconds, shocked into silence.

Origin hoot2

(1100-1200) From the sound

hoot1 nounhoot2 verb

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