flout
英[flaʊt]
美[flaʊt]
- n. 嘲笑；轻视；愚弄
- vt. 嘲笑；藐视；愚弄
- vi. 嘲笑；表示轻蔑
词态变化
第三人称单数: flouts;过去式: flouted;过去分词: flouted;现在分词: flouting;
助记提示
1. flute => flout (弹奏长笛的一些特殊调子本身就暗含一种嘲弄、奚落的意味) "whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision)".
2. flout + jeer => fleer.
3. 一起飞出去是鸟人，受蔑视。飞出去却遭到蔑视。
4. flout the laws 蔑视法律。
5. 谐音“服老土”-----嘲笑他衣服穿着很老土。
6. lout ([废语]蔑视，藐视，看不起) => flout <= f-(谐音“肥、非、服”) + lout => 又肥又老土、非常的老土.
7. 谐音“奚落他、戏弄他”(字母f去掉中间的那一横线，外形就很像音标中发音为“戏、奚”的那个音标).
8. fly + out => flout: 无视法律规定、无视规矩、无视限制、无视禁令，飞出了禁区、飞出了界限，fly out of forbidden area.
9. 直接无视你的禁令，就是要飞出禁区、飞出界限，就是要明知故犯，你能把我怎么的？
中文词源
flout 藐视
词源不详。可能来自flute, 笛子，长笛。原指吹笛的人，引申词义藐视，瞧不起。可能是来自人们心目中艺术家的清冷，高傲。
英文词源
- flout (v.)
- "treat with disdain or contempt" (transitive), 1550s, intransitive sense "mock, jeer, scoff" is from 1570s; of uncertain origin; perhaps a special use of Middle English flowten "to play the flute" (compare Middle Dutch fluyten "to play the flute," also "to jeer"). Related: Flouted; flouting.
双语例句
- 1. Motorists regularly flout the law .
- 驾车者经常无视法律。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. No one can flout the rules and get away with it.
- 谁也不能违反这些规则而不被处分.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Timeshare companies also come in for a rap as they continue to flout the rules.
- 各分时度假公司也受到了批评，因为他们一直违反相关规则。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Meanwhile, corruption flourishes, and local officials openly flout environmental laws and regulations.
- 与此同时, 腐败盛行, 地方官员公然蔑视环境保护法和相关规章制度.
来自互联网
- 5. Many motorcyclists flout the law by not wearing helmets.
- (许多机车骑士故意不戴安全帽表示藐视法令. )
来自互联网