单词 | tauntingly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
释义 | taunttaunt1 /tɔːnt $ tɒːnt/ verb [transitive] ![]() ![]() WORD ORIGINtaunt1 Verb TableOrigin: 1500-1600 Perhaps from Old French tenter ‘to try, tempt’VERB TABLE taunt
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► tease to try to make someone angry or upset by saying unkind things to them → teasetaunt somebody about something to laugh at someone and make jokes in order to have fun by embarrassing them, either in a friendly way or in an unkind way. In everyday English, people often say make fun of rather than tease: · At work, we all tease her because she’s always late.· Sam’s sisters used to tease him because he was overweight. ► make fun of somebody/something to tease someone, especially in an unkind way, by laughing at something they do and making them seem stupid: · The boys at school used to make fun of me and call me names.· Everyone made fun of the way our Maths teacher walked. ► taunt to tease someone in a very unpleasant way that shows you do not respect them, in order to make them angry or upset: · In the end he hit the man for taunting him about his wife.· The other prisoners taunted him until he couldn’t bear it any more. ► pull somebody’s leg informal to tease someone in a friendly way, by trying to make them think something is true when it is not: · I’m not really 18. I was only pulling your leg.· I don’t believe you! You’re pulling my leg! ► wind somebody up British English informal to deliberately say something to someone, in order to see if they become annoyed or worried: · Are you trying to wind me up?· My friends are always winding me up about it. ► take the mickey (out of somebody) British English informal to make someone look silly, often in a friendly way, for example by copying them or saying something that you do not really mean about them: · I don’t speak like that – stop taking the mickey!· ‘You’re a genius, we all know that!’ ‘Are you taking the mickey out of me?’ 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. ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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