释义 |
mockable, a.|ˈmɒkəb(ə)l| [f. mock v. + -able. Cf. F. moquable.] Deserving of or exposed to derision.
1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iii. ii. 49 Those that are good maners at the Court, are as ridiculous in the Countrey, as the behauiour of the Countrie is most mockeable at the Court. 1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. (1872) III. i. vii. 41 This huge Moon⁓calf of Sansculottism,..is not mockable only, and soft like another calf. 1892Peyton Mem. Jesus iii. 63 The Primates..mock us unconsciously. We encounter the mockable element in man, just at the junction where flesh is passing into mind, animality into mentality. |