hoots of derision
collocation嘲笑声；讥笑声
His proposal was met with hoots of derision.
他的提议遭到了嘲笑声。
猫头鹰的叫声
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猫头鹰的叫声
The cry of an owl.
The owl let out a loud hoot in the middle of the night.
猫头鹰在半夜发出了一声响亮的叫声。
嘲讽的喊叫声
A derisive cry or shout.
猫头鹰的叫声
The cry of an owl.
微小的颗粒；一点点
A small particle; a whit or jot.
The audience responded with hoots of laughter when the comedian tripped.
当喜剧演员绊倒时，观众报以阵阵嘲弄的哄笑声。
A distant hoot from the train signaled its approach.
远处火车的鸣笛声表明它正在靠近。
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嘲笑声；讥笑声
His proposal was met with hoots of derision.
他的提议遭到了嘲笑声。
猫头鹰的鸣叫
At night we heard the hoot of an owl from the barn.
夜里我们听到谷仓那边传来猫头鹰的鸣叫。
毫不在乎
I don't give a hoot about his opinion.
我对他的意见毫不在乎。
一文不值
Without evidence, his claim is not worth a hoot.
没有证据，他的说法一文不值。
毫不在乎；一点也不关心
I don't give a hoot about his excuses.
我对他的借口毫不在乎。
特别好笑；非常有意思
The movie was a hoot and a half.
这部电影特别搞笑。
一文不值；毫无价值
His promise is not worth a hoot.
他的承诺一文不值。
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This U.S. Forest Service slogan since 1971, featuring Woodsy Owl, plays on "hoot" both as an owl's call and as an idiom meaning to care at all.
这是美国林务局自1971年起推出的吉祥物“树林猫头鹰”（Woodsy Owl）的公益口号；这里的“hoot”既指猫头鹰的叫声，又表示“在乎”。
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联想：猫头鹰“呼（hoot）”地叫，引来一片嘲笑声；词组 not care a hoot 里 hoot 指“一丁点儿”，记住声音和“丝毫”两种含义。
语域：neutral 常见场景：political rallies、sports stadiums、public meetings hoot 作名词表示“嘲讽的喊叫声”时，多用于描述人群在公共场合发出的嘲笑或起哄声，常见于新闻报道和现场描写；语气比较直接，既不算很正式，也不算粗俗。日常口语中常以 hoots of derision 或 hoots of laughter 这类搭配出现。
这些词与 hoot (/huːt/) 押韵：boot、root、shoot、loot、flute 的重读元音都是 /uː/，后面跟着 /t/。注意 flute 拼作 -ute，而其他词拼作 -oot。另需小心形近但发音不同的词：hot（英 /hɒt/，美 /hɑːt/）、hut (/hʌt/)、hood (/hʊd/)。
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