taunt
Word family nountauntertauntingverbtauntadverbtauntingly
taunt1 /tɔːnt $ tɒːnt/ verb [transitiveT] MAKE FUN OFto try to make someone angry or upset by saying unkind things to them 〔用言语〕挑衅,侮辱,嘲弄,奚落 → teasetaunt somebody about something The other children taunted him about his weight. 别的孩子嘲笑他长得胖。
taunt somebody with something They taunted him with the nickname ‘Fatso’. 他们嘲弄他,给他起个绰号叫“胖子”。
‘And he’ll believe you, will he?’ Maria taunted. “他会相信你的,对吧?”玛丽亚嘲讽道。
—tauntingly adverbadv
taunt• Of course he wasn't, an inner voice taunted.• They were accosted by three white youths who taunted and then attacked them.• The older boys taunted Chris and called him a girl.• Or maybe, as she'd taunted earlier, his actions were governed by boredom.• She was held in jail overnight, and she alleges in her lawsuit that guards taunted her with ethnic slurs.• Now the telephone had acquired a personality, sat on the shelf so smug, taunting her with its silence.• He couldn't forget how they had taunted him about his appearance.• She went on taunting him until he lost his temper.• They taunt me and beat me.• When I didn't want to fight he would taunt me repeatedly. "Coward, '' he would say, "coward, coward, coward....''• You can blast your buddies and taunt them verbally at the same time. taunt2 noun [countableC often plural] Origin taunt1 (1500-1600) Perhaps from Old French tenter “to try, tempt”