scoff
verb- [intransitive, transitive]
to talk about somebody/something in a way that makes it clear that you think they are stupid or silly 嘲笑；讥讽 - (British English) (North American English scarf)[transitive] scoff something (informal)
to eat a lot of something quickly 贪婪地吃；狼吞虎咽
Word Originsense 1 Middle English (first used as a noun in the sense ‘mockery, scorn’): perhaps of Scandinavian origin.sense 2 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’.