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
hoots — plural of hoot
讥笑声；嘲笑声；一点；丝毫；嘲讽的喊叫声；微小的颗粒；一点点；叫嚣
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 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。
用法提示：名词，指猫头鹰的叫声。
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。
用法提示：名词复数，表示嘲弄的呼喊声。
A distant hoot from the train signaled its approach.
远处火车的鸣笛声表明它正在靠近。
用法提示：名词，指火车汽笛的鸣响。
jeer 常强调带敌意地向某人起哄；hoot 更泛指大声嘲笑，不一定针对个人。
taunt 多为言语上的挑衅，未必像 hoot 那样发出喊叫。
boo 特指观众表达不满的嘘声，不像 hoot 强调嘲笑。
catcall 常指在公共场合的起哄或口哨声，可能带性骚扰意味，使用范围比 hoot 窄。
反义针对‘嘲讽的喊叫声’这一义项；‘猫头鹰叫声’和‘一点点’义项无常用反义词。
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。
hoot是猫头鹰的典型叫声，两者是声音与发声者的关系。
猫头鹰常在夜间活动，hoot声多在夜晚听到。
森林是猫头鹰常见的栖息地，也是听到hoot声的典型环境。
猫头鹰常停在树上发出hoot，两者常在同一场景出现。
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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。
在乎环境，不要污染！
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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