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taunt

verb
/tɔːnt/
/tɔːnt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they taunt
/tɔːnt/
/tɔːnt/
he / she / it taunts
/tɔːnts/
/tɔːnts/
past simple taunted
/ˈtɔːntɪd/
/ˈtɔːntɪd/
past participle taunted
/ˈtɔːntɪd/
/ˈtɔːntɪd/
-ing form taunting
/ˈtɔːntɪŋ/
/ˈtɔːntɪŋ/
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  1. taunt somebody to try to make somebody angry or upset by saying unkind things about them, laughing at their failures, etc.辱骂；嘲笑；讽刺；奚落
    • The other kids continually taunted him about his size.其他孩子不断地耻笑他的个头儿。
    Extra Examples
    • ‘Running away?’he taunted softly.“想逃跑吗?”他略带嘲讽地问道。
    • The other children taunted him with nicknames.其他孩子叫他各种绰号取笑他。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2, Educationc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • constantly
    • regularly
    • repeatedly
    • …
    preposition
    • about
    • with
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    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French tant pour tant ‘like for like, tit for tat’, from tant ‘so much’, from Latin tantum, neuter of tantus. An early use of the verb was ‘exchange banter’.

taunt

noun
/tɔːnt/
/tɔːnt/
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  1. an offensive or unkind remark that is intended to make somebody angry or upset嘲笑（或讽刺、奚落等）的言辞
    • Black players often had to endure racist taunts.黑人运动员经常得忍受种族歧视性的奚落。
    • She ignored his taunt.她无视他的奚落。
    • Their taunts stung him into his best performance for the team yet.他们的嘲笑使他做出了入队以来最好的成绩。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2, Educationc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • racist
    • playground
    • schoolyard
    • …
    verb + taunt
    • shout
    • be subjected to
    • endure
    • …
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    Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French tant pour tant ‘like for like, tit for tat’, from tant ‘so much’, from Latin tantum, neuter of tantus. An early use of the verb was ‘exchange banter’.

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