hoot

n. 鳴笛聲；貓頭鷹叫聲；一點點；好笑的人或事

v. 大聲叫囂；(汽笛、喇叭等)嗚嗚作響；哄趕

英語翻譯

Noun:

a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
something of little value;
\\\"his promise is not worth a damn\\\"
\\\"not worth one red cent\\\"
\\\"not worth shucks\\\"

Verb:

to utter a loud clamorous shout;
\\\"the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance\\\"
utter the characteristic sound of owls

造句

用作名詞(n.)

In a string of shrill hoot of the horn sound, he quickly ran to her.
在一串尖聲鳴叫的喇叭聲中，他快速地跑向她。
We heard the distant hoot of an owl in the woods.
我們聽到遠處樹林里貓頭鷹的叫聲。
I don\\\'t care one single hoot what you said about him; I like him.
你說的關于他的話我一點也不在乎，我就是喜歡他。
His proposal isn\\\'t worth a hoot.
他的建議毫無價值。
You ought to meet her, she\\\'s a hoot.
你應該見見她，她笑料十足。
It sounds like a hoot and one can only hope that this TV program gets picked up here, too.
這聽起來像是一部令人捧腹的電視劇，我只希望在這里也能播放。

用作動詞(v.)

There is again a traffic jam at the crossroads and many people hoot to protest restlessly.
十字路口又堵車了，很多人煩躁地鳴笛抗議。
As Owen made no response to the invitations, the crowd began to hoot.
歐文沒有理睬他們的請求，因此大伙兒開始起哄。
Whenever the chairman tried to explain at the meeting he was hooted off.
每次主席要在會上做解釋時總是被人哄了下來。

常用短語

組詞

I heard certain mutterings and hoots among the students.
出自：C. G. Leland
A troop of strange children ran at his heels, hooting at him.
出自：W. Irving
Visibility was hardly as much as twenty yards and he drove..slowly, hooting almost continuously.
出自：C. Mackenzie
The whole crowd was hollering and hooting, whistling, throwing paper..into the ring.
出自：W. Wharton