| 单词 | to make fun of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make fun of P1. to make fun of: to laugh at or joke about (a person or thing) in a mocking way; to ridicule. Cf. to poke fun at at poke v.1 4c. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > banter or good-humoured ridicule > banter [verb (transitive)] > make fun of to have (also i-do) (something) to gameeOE to make (a) game of (also at, on)?c1250 overmirtha1400 sporta1533 to make a sport of1535 to make (up) a lip1546 to give one a (or the) gleek1567 to make a May game of1569 to play with a person's nose1579 to make merry over (also with)1621 game1699 to make fun of1732 hit1843 1732 H. Carey Songs, as sung in Betty (single sheet) I'm resolv'd to marry one of 'em, Tho' you make Fun of them. 1737 H. Walpole Corr. (1820) I. 17 I can't help making fun of myself. 1826 M. M. Sherwood Lady of Manor (ed. 2) IV. xxi. 247 Then you won't make fun of me, will you? 1882 Cent. Mag. June 266/2 When he made fun of the elderly aristocrat's conjecturable toughness, she implored him to stop if he did not want to kill her. 1903 Spectator 2 May 697/1 It is customary for our humourists to make fun of Bishops. 1932 Listener 13 Jan. 45/1 Critics who enjoy making fun of what they are pleased to call ‘B.B.C. English’. 1984 M. Piercy Fly away Home xii. 160 She made fun of Annette's new layered hairdo. 2015 J. Niven All Bright Places 341 People who..never paid attention to him, except to make fun of him or spread rumors about him. < as lemmas |
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