speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way
嘲弄，嘲笑，讥笑
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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
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[with direct speech]
‘You ,a scientist?’ he scoffed .“你，科学家？”他嘲笑道。
an expression of scornful derision
嘲笑的话。
〈古〉 笑料，笑柄
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his army was the scoff of all Europe .他的军队成了整个欧洲的笑柄。
eat (something) quickly and greedily
狼吞虎咽地吃
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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。
food
食物。
" Middle English （first used as a noun in the sense ‘mockery, scorn’）：perhaps of Scandinavian origin． late 18th cent． （as a verb）：originally a variant of Scots and dialect
