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make a taunt about sth
He made a taunt about her accent.
他嘲笑她的口音。
嘲笑；嘲讽；奚落
taunts — plural of taunt
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
嘲笑；嘲讽；奚落
A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer.
He made a taunt about her accent.
他嘲笑她的口音。
轻蔑或嘲弄的言辞；嘲笑或讥讽
A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery.
The older boy's taunt about my glasses made me feel embarrassed.
那个年长男孩对我眼镜的嘲讽让我感到难堪。
She tried to ignore the taunts from the other players during the match.
比赛中她尽量不去理会其他选手的嘲讽。
A careless taunt can damage a friendship for years.
一句不经意的嘲讽可能会损害多年的友谊。
He made a taunt about her accent.
他嘲笑她的口音。
The crowd hurled taunts at the referee.
人群向裁判大声辱骂。
The two players exchanged taunts during the match.
两位选手在比赛中互相嘲讽。
Not this
She taunted at him.
Use this
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。
Not this
He gave a taunt smile.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
现在就走开，免得我再嘲讽你一次！
The French soldier's taunts in Monty Python and the Holy Grail are famous.
《巨蟒与圣杯》中法国士兵的嘲讽非常有名。
Use taunts naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想：taunt 里藏着 aunt（姑妈），想象姑妈用刻薄话讥讽你。
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。
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.
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