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- a deep or medium-pitched musical sound, often wavering or syncopated, which is the typical call of many kinds of owl低沉（或不高不低）的叫声（常颤抖或时断时续, 为多种猫头鹰的典型叫声）。
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- a similar but typically more raucous sound made by a horn, siren, or steam whistle（喇叭、警笛或汽笛的）低沉刺耳的鸣声。
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- a shout expressing scorn or disapproval表示轻蔑（或不赞成）的叫声：
there were hoots of derision.
有嘲笑的叫声。
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- a short outburst of laughter短促的笑声：
the audience broke into hoots of laughter.
观众爆发出阵阵笑声。
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a hoot
informal an amusing situation or person〈非正式〉有趣的情形（或人）：your mum's a real hoot.
你妈妈真是个有趣的人。
no obj.
1- (of an owl) utter a hoot（猫头鹰）叫。
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- (of a person) make loud sounds of scorn, disapproval, or merriment（人）（表示轻蔑、不赞成或快乐的）喊叫声：
she began to hoot with laughter.
她开始呵呵大笑。
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hoot something down
express loud scornful disapproval of something（表示轻蔑与不赞成的）大声嘲弄, 大声嘲笑：his questions were hooted down or answered obscenely.
他的问题不是受到大声嘲笑, 就是遭到猥亵话作答。
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- (of a horn, siren, etc.) make a hoot（喇叭、警笛等）鸣响。
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- with obj.(of the driver of a vehicle) sound (the horn)（汽车驾驶员）鸣（喇叭）。
短语
not care（或give）a hoot（或two hoots）
- informal not care at all〈非正式〉根本不在乎。
词源
Middle English （in the sense'make sounds of derision'）： perhaps imitative.