hoot
hoot 英 [hu:t] 美 [hut]
n. 鸣响；嘲骂声；汽笛响声 vi. 鸣响；大声叫嚣 vt. 轰赶；呵斥
进行时:hooting 过去式:hooted 过去分词:hooted 第三人称单数:hoots 名词复数:hoots
- A hoot is the musical call an owl makes. The hoot of an owl sounds very much like the word hoot.
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- n. 鸣响；嘲骂声；汽笛响声
- vi. 鸣响；大声叫嚣
- vt. 轰赶；呵斥
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1. Not long after that, I was summoned back to the hoot for a special presentation to the sales force, something that had never happened before.
之后不久，我被叫回到电话会议的麦克风前，被要求给销售人员做一次专门的介绍，这在以前是从来没有过的事情。
- hoot (n.) mid-15c., "cry of dissatisfaction or contempt," from hoot (v.). Meaning "a laugh, something funny" is first recorded 1942. Slang sense of "smallest amount or particle" (the hoot you don't give when you don't care) is from 1891.
- hoot (v.) "to call or shout in disapproval or scorn," c. 1600, probably related to or a variant of Middle English houten, huten "to shout, call out" (c. 1200), which is more or less imitative of the sound of the thing. First used of bird cries, especially that of the owl, mid-15c. Meaning "to laugh" is from 1926. Related: Hooted; hooting. A hoot owl (1826) is distinguished from a screech owl.
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