no obj.
- speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way嘲弄, 嘲笑, 讥笑：
Patrick professed to scoff at soppy love scenes in films
帕特里克承认嘲笑了电影里感伤的故作多情的场面
with direct speech 'You, a scientist?' he scoffed.“你, 科学家？”他嘲笑道。
1
- an expression of scornful derision嘲笑的话。
1.1
- archaic an object of ridicule〈古〉笑料, 笑柄：
his army was the scoff of all Europe.
他的军队成了整个欧洲的笑柄。
派生词
scoffer
nounscoffingly
adverb词源
Middle English （first used as a noun in the sense 'mockery， scorn'）：perhaps of Scandinavian origin.
informal, chiefly Brit. <非正式, 主英>
with obj.
- eat (something) quickly and greedily狼吞虎咽地吃：
he can scoff a cannelloni faster than you can drink a pint.
他吃一个意式烤碎肉卷能比你喝一品脱饮料还快。
词源
late 18th cent. (as a verb)：originally a variant of Scots and dialect scaff. The noun is from Afrikaans schoff, representing Dutch schoft 'quarter of a day'， (by extension) 'meal'.