| 单词 | mock | 
| 释义 | mock    (mŏk)v.  mocked, mock·ing, mocks  v.tr. 1.  a.  To treat with ridicule or contempt; deride: was mocked for contradicting himself; mocked her superficial understanding of the issues. See Synonyms at  ridicule. b.  To imitate in fun or derision: mocked his high-pitched voice. c.  To mimic or resemble closely: a whistle that mocks the call of seabirds. 2.  a.  To frustrate the hopes or intentions of: "The massive blister mocked my efforts" (Willie Morris). b.  To cause to appear irrelevant, ineffectual, or impossible: "The Depression mocked the Puritan assumption that failure in life was the wages of sin when even the hardest-working, most pious husbands began to lose hope" (Walter McDougall). v.intr.  To express scorn or ridicule; jeer: They mocked at the idea. n. 1.  The act of mocking. 2.  An object of scorn or derision: became the mock of his associates. adj.  Simulated; false; sham: a mock battle. adv. Idiom:  In an insincere or pretending manner: mock sorrowful.  make/a mock of  To subject to ridicule; mock. [Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer.] mocker n. mocking·ly adv.  | 
	
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