unkind comments that make fun of somebody/something or make them look silly synonym mockery嘲笑;奚落;讥笑 She is an object of ridicule in the tabloid newspapers. 她是小报讥笑讽刺的对象。 to hold somebody up to ridicule (= make fun of somebody publicly) 公然取笑某人
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc1The president was becoming an object of ridicule. 总统成了被嘲笑的对象。 He did not want to be identified, fearing the ridicule of his friends. 他不想被认出来,害怕被朋友嘲笑。 She might find herself exposed to public ridicule. 她也许会发现自己成了公众嘲弄的对象。 She soon became an object of ridicule. 不久她就成为嘲笑的对象。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- public
- attract
- receive
- expose somebody/something to
- …
- an object of ridicule
- a target for ridicule
- a target of ridicule
- …
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin ridiculum, neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’.