jeer
verb/dʒɪə(r)/
/dʒɪr/
[intransitive, transitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jeer | /dʒɪə(r)/ /dʒɪr/ |
| he / she / it jeers | /dʒɪəz/ /dʒɪrz/ |
| past simple jeered | /dʒɪəd/ /dʒɪrd/ |
| past participle jeered | /dʒɪəd/ /dʒɪrd/ |
| -ing form jeering | /ˈdʒɪərɪŋ/ /ˈdʒɪrɪŋ/ |
- to laugh at somebody or shout rude remarks at them to show that you do not respect them
嘲笑；嘲弄；讥讽；奚落 - a jeering crowd
起哄的一群人 - The audience jeered loudly when he came on stage.
当他上台时，观众大声嘲笑。 - jeer at somebody The police were jeered at by the waiting crowd.
警方受到在等待的人群的嘲弄。 - jeer somebody The players were jeered by disappointed fans.
球员受到大失所望的球迷奚落。 - + speech ‘Coward!’ he jeered.
“懦夫！”他嘲笑道。 - Gabrielle ignored the jeering and continued walking down the school steps.
加布里埃尔无视这些嘲笑，继续走下学校的台阶。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryJeer is used with these nouns as the subject:- audience
- crowd
Word Originmid 16th cent.: of unknown origin. - a jeering crowd