单词 | mock |
释义 | mock v., adj., & n. --v   1. a tr. ridicule; scoff at. b intr. (foll. by at) act with scorn or contempt for.   2. tr. mimic contemptuously.   3. tr. jeer, defy, or delude contemptuously. --attribadj. sham, imitation (esp. without intention to deceive); pretended (a mock battle; mock cream). --n   1. a thing deserving scorn.   2. (in pl.) colloq. mock examinations. Phrases and idioms make mock (or a mock) of ridicule. mock-heroic adj. (of a literary style) burlesquing a heroic style. --n such a style. mock moon paraselene. mock orange a white-flowered heavy-scented shrub, Philadelphus coronarius. mock sun parhelion. mock turtle soup soup made from a calf's head etc. to resemble turtle soup. mock-up an experimental model or replica of a proposed structure etc. Derivatives mockable adj. mockingly adv. Etymology: ME mokke, mocque f. OF mo(c)quer deride f. Rmc |
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