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taunt
嘲笑；嘲讽；奚落
核心释义
A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer.
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轻蔑或嘲弄的言辞；嘲笑或讥讽
A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery.
轻蔑或嘲弄的言辞；嘲笑或讥讽；辱骂；嘲弄
用法In use
The older boy's taunt about my glasses made me feel embarrassed.
用法提示：此处 taunt 为可数名词单数，指一句带嘲讽或挖苦的话。
She tried to ignore the taunts from the other players during the match.
用法提示：此处 taunts 是 taunt 的复数形式，名词，指多次或来自多人的嘲讽话语。
A careless taunt can damage a friendship for years.
用法提示：此处 taunt 为名词单数，泛指“嘲讽的话语”这一概念。
make a taunt about sth
He made a taunt about her accent.
他嘲笑她的口音。
hurl taunts at sb
The crowd hurled taunts at the referee.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- hurl taunts
- 大声辱骂；抛出讥讽
- The fans hurled taunts at the opposing team.球迷们向对方球队大声辱骂。
- suffer taunts
- 遭受嘲笑
- She suffered taunts from her classmates for years.她多年来一直遭受同学们的嘲笑。
- ignore the taunts
- 不理睬嘲讽
- He tried to ignore the taunts and focus on his work.他努力不理睬那些嘲讽，专注于自己的工作。
- a cruel taunt
- 无情的讥讽
- The note was a cruel taunt aimed at the new student.那张纸条是针对新生的无情讥讽。
- taunts from the crowd
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：taunt 里藏着 aunt（姑妈），想象姑妈用刻薄话讥讽你。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：school bullying、sports rivalry、literary narrative 作名词时通常指带有嘲弄或轻蔑的言语，多用于书面或较正式的表达；口语中更常说 tease 或 insult。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
The words above all rhyme with taunt (/tɔːnt/): the stressed vowel and following /nt/ match. Note that 'aunt' (/ɑːnt/ in British English) shares the spelling but not the vowel, so it does not rhyme.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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