英语词汇“mocking”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINmock1

Origin:

1400-1500 Old French moquier

VERB TABLE

mock

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	mock
	he, she, it	mocks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	mocked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have mocked
	he, she, it	has mocked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had mocked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will mock
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have mocked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am mocking
	he, she, it	is mocking
	you, we, they	are mocking
Past	I, he, she, it	was mocking
	you, we, they	were mocking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been mocking
	he, she, it	has been mocking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been mocking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be mocking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been mocking

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

"Ooh, aren't you clever!'' she mocked.
Lillian was openly mocked for her skinny body.
Liz mocked him, saying that he was a coward.
The press mocked his attempts to appeal to young voters.
We are tired of criminals mocking our justice system with technicalities.
You mustn't mock -- it's not their fault they don't know much about art.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Explicit? she mocked herself, yeah and why ever not?
Frank was convinced of his arguments and fought bitterly with Tom, another academic, when he mocked the whole system.
He was not, however, mocking Sammler.
It would be mocked, scorned, spurned.
The stark barrenness of the room mocked her as prickly thoughts needled her.

THESAURUS► mock

formal to laugh at and say unkind things about a person, institution, belief etc, to show that you do not have a high opinion of them. Mock is a formal word – in everyday English people usually say make fun of: · The press mocked his attempts to appeal to young voters.· She was mocked by other pupils in her class.· You shouldn’t mock the afflicted! (=you should not make fun of people who cannot help having problems – used especially ironically, when really you think it is funny too)

► make fun of somebody/something

to make someone or something seem stupid by making unkind jokes about them: · Peter didn’t seem to realize that they were making fun of him.· It used to be fashionable to make fun of the European Parliament.

► laugh at somebody/something

to make unkind or funny remarks about someone or something, because they seem stupid or strange: · I don’t want the other kids to laugh at me.· People would laugh at the idea nowadays.

► poke fun at somebody/something

to make someone or something seem silly by making jokes about them, especially in a way that is funny but not really cruel: · a TV series that regularly poked fun at the government· He’s in no position to poke fun at other people’s use of English!

► ridicule

formal to make unkind remarks that make someone or something seem stupid: · Catesby ridiculed his suggestion.· His ideas were widely ridiculed at the time.· Scientists ridiculed him for doubting the existence of the greenhouse effect.

► deride

formal to make remarks that show you think that something is stupid or useless – often used when you think that the people who do this are wrong: · Some forms of alternative medicine – much derided by doctors – have been shown to help patients.· the system that Marxists previously derided as ‘bourgeois democracy’

Longman Language Activatorto make fun of someone or something► make fun of

to make someone or something seem stupid by making jokes about them: · They made fun of the girls and their new outfits.· You shouldn't make fun of other people's beliefs.· Peter didn't seem to realize that they were making fun of him.

► poke fun at

to make fun of someone or something, especially in an unkind way: · The other kids poked fun at him, saying his mother dressed him like a girl.· His plays ingeniously poked fun at the way the Communist Party corrupted language.

► tease

to make jokes about someone when you talk to them, either in an unkind way, or in a friendly way that shows you like them: · Sam's sisters used to tease him because he was overweight.· Don't get upset, Stuart, she's only teasing.tease somebody about something: · Kevin's always teasing me about my cooking.

► pull somebody's leg

informal to make fun of someone in a friendly way by telling something that is not true: · Did Ronnie really call or are you just pulling my leg?pull sb's leg about: · Don't worry. I was just pulling your leg about moving - I'm not going anywhere.

► taunt

to repeatedly say unpleasant things to someone that show you do not respect them, in order to make them angry or upset: · She went on taunting him until he lost his temper.· When I didn't want to fight he would taunt me repeatedly. "Coward," he would say, "coward, coward, coward ...."taunt somebody about something: · He couldn't forget how they had taunted him about his appearance.

► send up

a book, film, or performance that sends up a group or person makes fun of them by copying them in a very funny way: send up somebody: · Gibson's new play brilliantly sends up the upper classes and their attitudes.send somebody up: · Half the time, he uses his act to send himself up.

► sneer

to show by your unpleasant attitude or remarks that you do not have a high opinion of someone or what they do: · Instead of helping, they just sat and sneered.sneer at: · He wanted to prove something to the critics who had sneered at his paintings.

► mock

to make fun of a person, institution, belief etc, and show that you do not have a high opinion of them, sometimes in a friendly way: · Liz mocked him, saying that he was a coward.· The press mocked his attempts to appeal to young voters.· "Ooh, aren't you clever!" she mocked.· You mustn't mock -- it's not their fault they don't know much about art.

► take the mickey

British informal to make someone look stupid, in either a friendly or unfriendly way, for example by saying something you do not mean or by copying their behaviour: · Just ignore him - he's just taking the mickey.· "You're a genius - you should go on one of those quiz shows!" "Are you taking the mickey?"take the mickey out of: · They're always taking the mickey out of each other, but they're good friends really.

► take the piss

informal to make fun of someone - some people consider this expression to be rude: · I didn't mean it - I was only taking the piss.take the piss out of: · The show takes the piss out of virtually everyone, from politicians to eco-warriors.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a mock exam

British English (=one that you do to practise for the real exams)· He did well in the mock exams.

► a mock examination

(=a practice examination to prepare for the real one)· Mock examinations help you to prepare for the real thing.

► a mock execution

(=one in which people pretend they are going to kill someone)· He had to endure torture and a mock execution.

► a mock interview

(=one that you do for practice, rather than a real interview)· Mock interviews are one way in which students can improve their job-seeking skills.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► gently

· She was much more fun after a few drinks, gently mocking her dedication to saving this planet.· There was a touch of gently mocking amusement in the voice, at this point.· He enjoyed gently mocking the established heraldic writers.