- a remark made in order to anger, wound, or provoke someone嘲弄（话）; 讽刺（话）, 奚落（话）。
with obj.
1- provoke or challenge (someone) with insulting remarks用辱骂的话挑衅：
pupils began taunting her about her weight.
学生们开始嘲笑她的体重。
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- reproach (someone) with something in a contemptuous way（以轻蔑的方式）责怪; 奚落：
she had taunted him with going to another man.
她和另外一个男人相好, 以此表示对他嘲弄。
派生词
taunter
nountauntingly
adverb词源
early 16th cent.: from French tant pour tant 'like for like， tit for tat'， from tant 'so much'， from Latin tantum, neuter of tantus. An early use of the verb was 'exchange banter'.