scoff
English → Chinese
verb//skɒf//
(行为) 嘲笑:因极端轻视或不相信而对某种观点、提议或人表现出轻蔑的笑或态度
Experts used to scoff at the idea that humans could ever fly in a powered aircraft.
(Chinese) 专家们过去常常嘲笑人类可以乘坐动力飞机飞行的想法。
Don't scoff at her ambitions; she is a very hard worker and might actually succeed.
(Chinese) 不要嘲笑她的野心;她工作非常努力,可能真的会成功。
verb//skɒf//
(俚语) 狼吞虎咽:指由于极度饥饿或赶时间而非常迅速地吃掉大量食物
The hungry teenagers managed to scoff three large pizzas in less than ten minutes.
(Chinese) 饥肠辘辘的青少年们在不到10分钟的时间里狼吞虎咽地吃掉了三大个比萨。
I only had five minutes for lunch, so I had to scoff a sandwich while running to my next meeting.
(Chinese) 我只有五分钟吃午饭,所以不得不一边跑向下一个会议一边胡乱塞进一个三明治。
Entry ID: en:zh:scoff · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary