taunt

英[t??nt] 美[t?nt]

反義詞

第三人稱單數:?taunts;過去式:?taunted;過去分詞:?taunted;現在分詞:?taunting;

1. 楊過小時候很調皮，小龍女姑姑把他管得很嚴，這樣楊過很不高興、很叛逆，于是楊過就經常在小龍女姑姑面前吐舌頭、扮鬼臉來奚落、嘲弄、逗弄小龍女姑姑，以此來故意惹小龍女姑姑生氣。
2. 小明很調皮、很淘氣，因此經常踢他姑姑來奚落、嘲弄、逗弄、嘲笑他姑姑。

taunt 嘲笑，奚落

來自法語 tant pour tant,以眼還眼，以牙還牙，原倍奉還，來自 tant,等同，同樣，詞源同 tantamount,pour,為了，詞源同 for.引申詞義嘲笑，奚落。

taunt: taunt: [16] The etymological notion underlying taunt is of giving someone tit for tat, of returning as much in reply as has been given. It comes from the French phrase tant pour tant ‘so much for so much’. This was borrowed into English in the early 16th century as taunt pour taunt or (partially anglicized) taunt for taunt, which was used for a ‘sarcastic rejoinder’. The first record of the use of taunt on its own (as a verb) dates from 1513.
taunt (v.): mid-15c. (implied in tauntingly), possibly [Skeat] from Middle French tanter, tenter "to tempt, try, provoke," variant of tempter "to try" (see tempt). Or from Middle French tant pour tant "so much for so much, tit for tat," on notion of "sarcastic rejoinder" (considered by OED the "most likely suggestion"). Related: Taunted; taunting.
taunt (n.): 1520s, "bitter invective," probably from taunt (v.).

2. Why should she taunt him this way unless she had good grounds?: 除非她確實有了證據,不然她怎么會對他這樣辱罵呢 ?

3. His genial sufficiency was a taunt and a mockery to many.: 他那么和藹自滿的態度,許多人都認為是一種辱罵和嘲弄.