hoot

英 [huːt] 美 [huːt]

• n. 鸣笛声；猫头鹰叫声；一点点；好笑的人或事
• v. 大声叫嚣；(汽笛、喇叭等)呜呜作响；哄赶

英英释义

Noun:

1. a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)

2. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

3. something of little value;

   "his promise is not worth a damn"
   "not worth one red cent"
   "not worth shucks"
   

Verb:

1. to utter a loud clamorous shout;

   "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance"
   

2. utter the characteristic sound of owls

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. In a string of shrill hoot of the horn sound, he quickly ran to her.
   在一串尖声鸣叫的喇叭声中，他快速地跑向她。
2. We heard the distant hoot of an owl in the woods.
   我们听到远处树林里猫头鹰的叫声。
3. I don't care one single hoot what you said about him; I like him.
   你说的关于他的话我一点也不在乎，我就是喜欢他。
4. His proposal isn't worth a hoot.
   他的建议毫无价值。
5. You ought to meet her, she's a hoot.
   你应该见见她，她笑料十足。
6. It sounds like a hoot and one can only hope that this TV program gets picked up here, too.
   这听起来像是一部令人捧腹的电视剧，我只希望在这里也能播放。

用作动词 (v.)

1. There is again a traffic jam at the crossroads and many people hoot to protest restlessly.
   十字路口又堵车了，很多人烦躁地鸣笛抗议。
2. As Owen made no response to the invitations, the crowd began to hoot.
   欧文没有理睬他们的请求，因此大伙儿开始起哄。
3. Whenever the chairman tried to explain at the meeting he was hooted off.
   每次主席要在会上做解释时总是被人哄了下来。

经典引文

• I heard certain mutterings and hoots among the students.

  出自： C. G. Leland

• A troop of strange children ran at his heels, hooting at him.

  出自： W. Irving

• Visibility was hardly as much as twenty yards and he drove..slowly, hooting almost continuously.

  出自： C. Mackenzie

• The whole crowd was hollering and hooting, whistling, throwing paper..into the ring.

  出自： W. Wharton

词汇搭配

• hoot off 哄走
• not worth a hoot 毫无价值
• not care a hoot 毫不在乎
• give a hoot 介意(计较)
• not give a hoot 完全不放在心上...
• hoot at 斥责
• not matter a hoot 无关紧要
• hoot away 哄走
• hoot down 哄下台
• hoot out 哄走
• not care a hoot in hell 完全不放在心上...
• not give a hoot in hell 完全不放在心上...

近反义词

【近义词】

• cry 哭
• yell 大叫
• call 呼叫
• hiss 嘘声
• beep 哔哔声
• honk 汽车喇叭声
• toot 发出鸣声或嘟嘟声...
• tootle 轻吹
• blare 巨响
• whoop 叫喊
• howl 长嚎
• shout 呼喊
• roar 吼叫
• straw 稻草
• blow 打击
• cry out 大喊(大声疾呼)...
• disapproval 不赞成
• gibe 嘲笑
• sound 声音
• bark (狗)吠
• tinker's damn 毫无价值的东西...
• red cent 一分钱
• shit 表示愤怒、厌恶等的感叹词...
• bird 鸟
• boo (表示不满、轻蔑等)嘘...
• razz 轻蔑声
• shucks 呸！无聊！可恶（表示不满...
• razzing 倒彩声
• darn 织补
• snort 喷鼻息作声
• Bronx cheer 讥讽声
• raspberry 覆盆子
• damn 该死