scoff
v
I, Ipr]
~ (at sb/sth) speak contemptuously (about or to sb/sth); jeer or mock 嘲弄; 嘲笑
Don't scoff: he's quite right. 别讥笑, 他没错.
scoff at other people's beliefs 嘲笑别人的信仰. scoff, n (usu pl 通常作复数) scoffing remark; taunt 嘲弄的话; 嘲笑
She ignored the scoffs of her workmates. 她对同事的嘲弄不屑一顾.
scoff v [Tn]
(sl 俚) eat (sth) greedily 贪婪地吃(某物)
Who scoffed all the biscuits? 是谁把饼乾全都吃光了? scoff, n (sl 俚)
1 [sing] act of scoffing 狼吞虎咽
have a good scoff 大吃一顿.
2 [U] food 食物; 食品: Where's all the scoff gone? 食物都到哪儿去了?
Wait, Shylock. The law of Venice says that if anyone tries to kill or murder any citizen of Venice, everything that he owns shall be taken away from him.
等一等,夏洛克。威尼斯的法律规定任何企图杀害或谋害任何威尼斯公民的人,他所有的一切必须被没收。
Imagine a railway station, a bus company or a cinema, which many people need to ring to find out the times of trains, buses or films.