taunt

英 [tɔːnt] 美 [tɔnt]

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※ 提供单词"taunt"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

taunt 嘲笑，奚落

来自法语 tant pour tant,以眼还眼，以牙还牙，原倍奉还，来自 tant,等同，同样，词源同 tantamount,pour,为了，词源同 for.引申词义嘲笑，奚落。

taunt: taunt: [16] The etymological notion underlying taunt is of giving someone tit for tat, of returning as much in reply as has been given. It comes from the French phrase tant pour tant ‘so much for so much’. This was borrowed into English in the early 16th century as taunt pour taunt or (partially anglicized) taunt for taunt, which was used for a ‘sarcastic rejoinder’. The first record of the use of taunt on its own (as a verb) dates from 1513.
taunt (v.): mid-15c. (implied in tauntingly), possibly [Skeat] from Middle French tanter, tenter "to tempt, try, provoke," variant of tempter "to try" (see tempt). Or from Middle French tant pour tant "so much for so much, tit for tat," on notion of "sarcastic rejoinder" (considered by OED the "most likely suggestion"). Related: Taunted; taunting.
taunt (n.): 1520s, "bitter invective," probably from taunt (v.).

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2. Why should she taunt him this way unless she had good grounds?: 除非她确实有了证据,不然她怎么会对他这样辱骂呢 ?

3. His genial sufficiency was a taunt and a mockery to many.: 他那么和蔼自满的态度,许多人都认为是一种辱骂和嘲弄.