mock1 /mɒk $ mɑːk/ ●○○ verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT] formalMAKE FUN OF to laugh at someone or something and try to make them look stupid by saying unkind things about them or by copying them 讥笑,嘲弄;〔通过模仿〕取笑 SYN make fun of Opposition MPs mocked the government’s decision. 反对党议员讥笑政府的这一决策。
‘Running away?’ he mocked. “想逃跑?”他取笑道。
It’s easy for you to mock, but we put a lot of work into this play. 你讲风凉话是很轻松,但我们这出戏可是费了很大力气的。
RegisterMock something or someone is used especially in literature. In everyday English, people usually say
make fun of something or someone:
mock尤用于文学作品中。在日常英语中,人们一般说make fun ofStop making fun of the way he talks! 别取笑他说话的腔调了!
2 [transitiveT] formalSHOW/BE A SIGN OF to make something seem completely useless 使显得无用,是对…的嘲讽 Violent attacks like this mock the peace process. 像这样的暴力袭击事件是对和平进程的嘲讽。
3.mock something ↔ up phrasal verbphr v COPYto make a full-size model of something so that it looks real 〔照原尺寸〕模仿,仿制 → mock-up —mocking adjectiveadj Her tone was mocking. 她的语调带着嘲讽。
—mockingly adverbadv His lips twisted mockingly. 他嘲讽地歪着嘴。
—mocker noun [countableC]
n THESAURUSmock formal to laugh at and say unkind things about a person, institution, belief etc, to show that you do not have a high opinion of them. Mock is a formal word – in everyday English people usually say make fun ofThe press mocked his attempts to appeal to young voters.
She was mocked by other pupils in her class.
You shouldn’t mock the afflicted! (=you should not make fun of people who cannot help having problems – used especially ironically, when really you think it is funny too)
make fun of somebody/something to make someone or something seem stupid by making unkind jokes about themPeter didn’t seem to realize that they were making fun of him.
It used to be fashionable to make fun of the European Parliament.
laugh at somebody/something to make unkind or funny remarks about someone or something, because they seem stupid or strangeI don’t want the other kids to laugh at me.
People would laugh at the idea nowadays.
poke fun at somebody/something to make someone or something seem silly by making jokes about them, especially in a way that is funny but not really cruela TV series that regularly poked fun at the government
He’s in no position to poke fun at other people’s use of English!
ridicule formal to make unkind remarks that make someone or something seem stupidCatesby ridiculed his suggestion.
His ideas were widely ridiculed at the time.
Scientists ridiculed him for doubting the existence of the greenhouse effect.
deride formal to make remarks that show you think that something is stupid or useless – often used when you think that the people who do this are wrongSome forms of alternative medicine – much derided by doctors – have been shown to help patients.
the system that Marxists previously derided as ‘bourgeois democracy’