Word · Frequency #12288
taunts
嘲笑；嘲讽；奚落
taunts is the plural of taunt.
A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer.
- 1.
A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery.
轻蔑或嘲弄的言辞；嘲笑或讥讽
轻蔑或嘲弄的言辞；嘲笑或讥讽；辱骂；嘲弄
In use
The older boy's taunt about my glasses made me feel embarrassed.
She tried to ignore the taunts from the other players during the match.
A careless taunt can damage a friendship for years.
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.
人群向裁判大声辱骂。
exchange taunts with sb
The two players exchanged taunts during the match.
两位选手在比赛中互相嘲讽。
Common mistakes
She taunted at him.She taunted him.
“taunt”是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词“at”。中文学习者可能受“laugh at”等短语影响误加介词。
He gave a taunt smile.He gave a taunting smile.
“taunt”是动词或名词，不能作形容词。表示“嘲弄的”应使用现在分词“taunting”作形容词。
Connections
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
- 人群的嘲笑
- The player walked off the field to taunts from the crowd.那名球员在人群的嘲笑声中离开了球场。
Pop culture & quotes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：taunt 里藏着 aunt（姑妈），想象姑妈用刻薄话讥讽你。
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。
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.
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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