mockery

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n. 嘲弄, 笑柄, 歪曲

发音

UK /ˈmɒkəɹi/
US /ˈmɑkəɹi/

词形变化

mockeries 复数 mockeries

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The action of mocking; ridicule, derision.

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  2. 2.

    Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock.

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  3. 3.

    Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc.

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  4. 4.

    Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum.

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    The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 10

takeoff scoffing jeering burlesque travesty parody scoff spoof jeer lampoon

上位词 6

imitation impersonation caricature mimicry derision apery

下位词 1

self-mockery

相关短语

make a mockery of 把...作为笑料, 愚弄..., 以...作为笑柄, 嘲笑, 戏弄 made a mockery of making a mockery of makes a mockery of make mockery of makes mockery of making mockery of made mockery of

词源

From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.

来源：wiktionary