mass noun
- the subjection of someone or something to mockery and derision嘲笑, 嘲弄, 戏弄：
he is held up as an object of ridicule.
他被拿出来作为嘲弄对象。
with obj.
- subject (someone or something) to mockery and derision嘲笑, 嘲弄, 戏弄：
his theory was ridiculed and dismissed.
他的理论遭人嘲笑和摒弃。
词源
late 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin ridiculum, neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus 'laughable', from ridere 'to laugh'.