hoot at sb/sth
表示冲某人或某事大声起哄、嘲笑,at 后接被嘲笑的对象,主语通常是一群人。
The crowd hooted at the referee.
人群对着裁判起哄。
(猫头鹰)啼叫
hooted — past of hoot
(车辆喇叭)鸣响;起哄;大声嘲笑;轻蔑地喊叫;发出猫头鹰的叫声;用轻蔑的喊叫声攻击;跟随嘲讽
To make the long, loud call of an owl.
轻蔑地喊叫
To cry out or shout in contempt.
发出猫头鹰的叫声
To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.
用轻蔑的喊叫声攻击;跟随嘲讽
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
按汽车喇叭
To sound the horn of a vehicle.
一般现在时
The owl hoots every night.
猫头鹰每晚都鸣叫。
一般过去时
The crowd hooted at the speaker.
人群对演讲者大声叫嚣。
现在进行时
The children are hooting with laughter.
孩子们正哈哈大笑。
规则动词,过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The audience hooted with laughter during the comedian's performance.
观众在喜剧演员表演时大笑并发出叫喊声。
用法提示:hooted 作动词,表示人群发出大声的嘲弄或欢乐的喊叫。
An owl hooted in the distance, breaking the night's silence.
一只猫头鹰在远处鸣叫,打破了夜晚的寂静。
用法提示:hooted 作动词,模拟猫头鹰的叫声。
The crowd hooted and jeered when the politician tried to speak.
当那位政治家试图发言时,人群发出嘲笑和起哄声。
用法提示:hooted 作动词,表示人群发出反对或嘲弄的喊叫声。
表示冲某人或某事大声起哄、嘲笑,at 后接被嘲笑的对象,主语通常是一群人。
The crowd hooted at the referee.
人群对着裁判起哄。
用于被动结构,by 引出起哄的一方;主动形式为 hoot sb,表示用喊叫声嘲弄某人。
The comedian was hooted by the audience.
那位喜剧演员被观众起哄嘲笑。
表示按响车辆喇叭时,horn 作 hoot 的宾语,是及物用法。
He hooted the horn when the lights turned green.
绿灯亮时他按响了喇叭。
与 hoot 最接近,通常指一群人用喊叫或讥笑来嘲弄,可接 at。
特指喊出“boo”来表示反对或喝倒彩,常见于表演或演讲场合,比 hoot 更具体。
指发出短促的嘶声来表达厌恶或反对,声音通常比 hoot 更轻,常带有敌意。
常与 at 连用,表示轻蔑地嘲笑或对…嗤之以鼻,但不一定发出大声叫喊。
grammar · medium
易错句子The owl hooted a sound.
正确表达The owl hooted.
hoot 表示猫头鹰啼叫时是不及物动词,hoot 本身已经包含“发出叫声”的意思;再加 a sound 会造成宾语冗余,所以应删去。
grammar · medium
易错句子The driver hooted me from behind.
正确表达The driver hooted at me from behind.
表示车辆鸣笛向某人示意时,要用 hoot at somebody,hoot 不能直接接人作宾语;直接接人的 hoot 是“起哄攻击”义,不适合这里。加上 at 才能表达鸣笛示意的对象。
grammar · medium
易错句子The owl hoots at the night.
正确表达The owl hoots at night.
at night 是表示“在夜间(反复发生)”的固定时间短语,night 前不加冠词;at the night 不合语法。若要指某个特定夜晚,才用 in the night。
hoot 表示“按喇叭”时多用于英式英语,偏指短促地鸣一声以示提醒;honk 是更通用的口语说法,英美都常用,既可指喇叭响,也可指按喇叭,日常行车场景更常用 honk。
hoot 指起哄、大声嘲笑,常夹杂哄笑,攻击方式比较笼统;boo 专指观众拉长音发出“boo”声表示不满或反对,指向明确,多用于演出、比赛等场合。
hoot 是猫头鹰发出的短促“呼呼”叫声;howl 指狼、狗等拖长的嚎叫,也可形容风声呼啸。两者虽都指动物叫声,但对应的动物和音色不同,不能互换。
哄堂大笑;大声笑
The audience hooted with laughter at the comedian's joke.
观众被喜剧演员的笑话逗得哄堂大笑。
朝某人起哄;喝倒彩
The crowd hooted at the politician when he arrived.
人群在那位政客到达时朝他起哄。
按(汽车)喇叭
The driver hooted his horn angrily at the cyclist.
司机愤怒地对骑自行车的人按喇叭。
像猫头鹰一样啼叫
We heard something hooting like an owl in the dark forest.
我们听到黑暗中有什么东西像猫头鹰一样啼叫。
毫不在乎
I don't give a hoot about what they think.
我毫不在乎他们怎么想。
滑稽透顶;令人捧腹
The comedy show was a hoot.
那场喜剧表演令人捧腹。
一文不值
His promises aren't worth a hoot.
他的承诺一文不值。
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