hoot

[hu:t]

n.鸣笛声, 猫头鹰叫声, 一点点, 好笑的人或事
v.大声叫嚣,(汽笛、喇叭等)呜呜作响, 哄赶

vi.

1. 作猫头鹰叫声

Owls hooted as we passed through the woods.

当我们穿过树林时, 猫头鹰叫了起来。

2. 作汽笛响声; 作汽车喇叭响声

The truck behind hooted.

后面那辆卡车按着喇叭。

3. 作表示不满的叫喊[(+at)]

They hooted at the speaker.

他们向演讲人发出嘘叫声。

vt.

1. 用呵斥声表示(轻蔑等)

The audience hooted the actor.

观众向那个演员喝倒彩。

2. 轰赶

They hooted the singer off the stage.

他们把那个歌手轰下台。

n.[C]

1. 猫头鹰叫声

2. 汽笛响声; 汽车喇叭声

3. 表示轻蔑不满的叫声

hoots of rage

愤怒的叫嚣

4. 【口】最少量

His proposal isn't worth a hoot.

他的建议毫无价值。

词形变化

名词: hooter | 动词过去式: hooted | 动词过去分词: hooted | 动词现在分词: hooting | 动词第三人称单数: hoots |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.vi.大声叫喊

yell  call  cry  

同义参见:

hiss  straw  sound  gibe  bark  disapproval  

英英释义

名词 hoot:

a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)

a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

同义词：boo, Bronx cheer, hiss, raspberry, razzing, razz, snort, bird

something of little value

同义词：damn, darn, red cent, shit, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam

动词 hoot:

to utter a loud clamorous shout

utter the characteristic sound of owls

短语词组

not care a hoot

1. 毫不在乎

He doesn't care a hoot whether he passes his examination or not.

他一点也不在乎考试是否及格。

补充

hoothoot英:[hu:t] 美:[hut]n.1.猫头鹰叫声; 汽笛响声; 汽车喇叭声2.表示蔑视不满的叫喊, 冷笑vt. & vi.1.(使)作汽笛声响, 作汽车喇叭声

例句

1. I can be very rude to motorists who hoot at me.对那些朝我按喇叭的司机我会很不客气。 2. I stopped outside the station and hooted a couple of times.我把车停在火车站外面, 按了几下喇叭。 3. Cars hooted noisily as they passed our house.车辆大声鸣着喇叭驶过我们的房子。 4. The protesters chanted, blew whistles and hooted at the name of Governor Pete Wilson.抗议者喊着口号、吹着哨子, 并大声尖叫着皮特•威尔逊州长的名字。 5. Bev hooted with laughter.贝夫高声大笑。 6. Out in the garden an owl hooted suddenly.外面花园里突然有一只猫头鹰呜呜地叫起来。 7. I never hoot my horn when I pick a girl up for a date.我开车接女孩出去约会时从不按喇叭。 8. His confession was greeted with derisive hoots.他的坦白引起了人们嘲讽的嘘叫。 9. This time she burst into hoots of laughter.这次她大笑起来。 10. At this she gave a hoot of laughter.她对此嗤笑了一声。 11. I heard a hoot and saw Martin driving by.我听见一声喇叭声, 然后看见马丁开车驶过。 12. He heard the hoot of an owl coming from the direction of the wood.他听见从树林方向传来猫头鹰的哀鸣声。 13. Michael Fish is my favourite. He's a hoot, a real character.我最喜欢迈克尔•菲什。他滑稽逗趣, 是个实实在在的人物。 14. I don't give a hoot about it.我一点都不在乎这一点。 15. He doesn't care two hoots about Irish politics.他一点也不关心爱尔兰的政治。 16. I heard some owls hooting in the trees.我听见有几只猫头鹰在树上叫。 17. He couldn't play saxophone but hoot,which set us laughing.他根本不会吹萨克斯管，只吹出“嘟嘟”的声音，把我们大家逗得哈哈大笑。 18. His ship hooted for three times and started.他乘坐的客轮鸣了三声汽笛后启航了。 19. Everybody hooted at a singer.所有的人全向歌手发出了嘘声。 20. She could not help hooting when she was told to move to another city.当她得到调往另一城市工作的通知时，她不禁大笑起来。 21. People hooted at the speaker when he began to explain his policy.当他开始解释他的政策时，人们嘘叫着表示反对。 22. He hooted his complaints to me.他喊叫着向我撒怨气。 23. He was hooted down the rostrum by the students.学生们把他轰下了讲台。 24. there were hoots of derision.有嘲笑的叫声。 25. the audience broke into hoots of laughter.观众爆发出阵阵笑声。 26. your mum's a real hoot.你妈妈真是个有趣的人。 27. she began to hoot with laughter.她开始呵呵大笑。 28. his questions were hooted down or answered obscenely.他的问题不是受到嘲笑，就是遭到猥亵地作答。 29. hoots of laughter呵呵大笑 30. Bob is a real hoot!鲍布这个人真滑稽！ 31. The driver hooted (his horn) at the dog but it wouldn't move.司机对着狗按喇叭，但狗不肯走开。 32. They hooted with laughter at the suggestion.他们对这个建议报以轰然大笑。 33. (Brit) the hoot [=honk] of a car's horn汽车喇叭的低沉声响 34. hoots of laughter大笑 35. The announcement was met with hoots of derision/scorn.这个声明遭到了嘲笑/鄙视。 36. Your father is a hoot.你父亲是个有趣的人。 37. Wasn't that a hoot?那岂不是件很滑稽的事？ 38. I don't care a hoot about what they say.他们说什么我根本不在乎。 39. I don't give two hoots about his problems.我毫不在乎他的那些问题。 40. We could hear an owl hooting in the woods.我们能听见树林里猫头鹰在叫。 41. a hooting horn鸣响的喇叭 42. The people in the cars behind us kept hooting [=(US) honking] their horns.我们后面的那些车不停地鸣喇叭。 43. I hooted at the car in front of me.我冲着前面的车鸣喇叭。 44. The crowd booed and hooted when it was announced that the show was canceled.当宣布演出取消时，观众嘘声一片，叫嚷起来。 45. The crowd hooted its disapproval.群众大声反对。 46. The speaker was hooted down by a small group of protesters. [=the protesters loudly shouted at the speaker so that the speaker could not be heard]那名发言人的声音被少数抗议者的高声盖过了。 47. The speaker was hooted off the platform by a small group of protesters.那名发言人被少数抗议者的嘘声轰下了台。