| 释义 |
taunt/tɔ:nt/ n. & v.●n. a thing said in order to anger or wound a person 讥讽(的话)，奚落(的话) ●v. tr. 1 assail with taunts 讥讽，奚落 2 reproach (a person) contemptuously 辱骂，嘲弄 □ taunter n.□ tauntingly adv.[16th c., in the phrase taunt for taunt from French tant pour tant ‘tit for tat’, hence a smart rejoinder] |