taunt
taunt 英 [tɔ:nt] 美 [tɔnt]
n. 嘲弄；讥讽 vt. 奚落；逗弄 adj. 很高的
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- A short list of people not to taunt: your big brother, cops, nightclub bouncers, dragons. Taunts are insulting comments, and, unless you are a really, really fast runner, keep them to yourself.
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- n. 嘲弄；讥讽
- vt. 奚落；逗弄
- adj. 很高的
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1. When our Internet mice taunt their adversaries, they make sure to have a bolt-hole right next to them.
当我们的网上老鼠奚落他们的队手，他们得确保自己有个藏身之处。
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2. NOW that army troops were monitoring the demonstrations, the police force had completely disappeared from the streets, as if to taunt people with the choice between their presence and chaos.
现在，开罗街头已不见警察踪影，军队接替了监视示威者的任务，仿佛在奚落市民：要么选择我们，要么选择混乱。
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3. And what other group could we taunt without fear of retribution?
还有哪些人我们可以嘲笑戏弄，不用害怕遭到报应？
- taunt (n.) 1520s, "bitter invective," probably from taunt (v.).
- taunt (v.) mid-15c. (implied in tauntingly), possibly [Skeat] from Middle French tanter, tenter "to tempt, try, provoke," variant of tempter "to try" (see tempt). Or from Middle French tant pour tant "so much for so much, tit for tat," on notion of "sarcastic rejoinder" (considered by OED the "most likely suggestion"). Related: Taunted; taunting.
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