flout
英 [flaʊt]
美 [flaʊt]
- n. 嘲笑；輕視；愚弄
- vt. 嘲笑；藐視；愚弄
- vi. 嘲笑；表示輕蔑
助記提示
1. flute => flout (彈奏長笛的一些特殊調子本身就暗含一種嘲弄、奚落的意味) "whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision)".
2. flout + jeer => fleer.
3. 一起飛出去是鳥人，受蔑視。飛出去卻遭到蔑視。
4. flout the laws 蔑視法律。
5. 諧音“服老土”-----嘲笑他衣服穿著很老土。
6. lout ([廢語]蔑視，藐視，看不起) => flout <= f-(諧音“肥、非、服”) + lout => 又肥又老土、非常的老土.
7. 諧音“奚落他、戲弄他”(字母f去掉中間的那一橫線，外形就很像音標中發音為“戲、奚”的那個音標).
8. fly + out => flout: 無視法律規定、無視規矩、無視限製、無視禁令，飛出了禁區、飛出了界限，fly out of forbidden area.
9. 直接無視你的禁令，就是要飛出禁區、飛出界限，就是要明知故犯，你能把我怎麽的？
中文詞源
flout 藐視詞源不詳。可能來自flute, 笛子，長笛。原指吹笛的人，引申詞義藐視，瞧不起。可能是來自人們心目中藝術家的清冷，高傲。
英文詞源
- flout (v.)
- "treat with disdain or contempt" (transitive), 1550s, intransitive sense "mock, jeer, scoff" is from 1570s; of uncertain origin; perhaps a special use of Middle English flowten "to play the flute" (compare Middle Dutch fluyten "to play the flute," also "to jeer"). Related: Flouted; flouting.
雙語例句
- 1. Motorists regularly flout the law .
- 駕車者經常無視法律。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. No one can flout the rules and get away with it.
- 誰也不能違反這些規則而不被處分.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Timeshare companies also come in for a rap as they continue to flout the rules.
- 各分時度假公司也受到了批評，因為他們一直違反相關規則。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Meanwhile, corruption flourishes, and local officials openly flout environmental laws and regulations.
- 與此同時, 腐敗盛行, 地方官員公然蔑視環境保護法和相關規章製度.
來自互聯網
- 5. Many motorcyclists flout the law by not wearing helmets.
- (許多機車騎士故意不戴安全帽表示藐視法令. )
來自互聯網