hoot是什么意思_hoot怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

hoot (v.): "to call or shout in disapproval or scorn," c. 1600, probably related to or a variant of Middle English houten, huten "to shout, call out" (c. 1200), probably ultimately imitative. First used of bird cries, especially that of the owl, mid-15c. Related: Hooted; hooting. As a noun from mid-15c. Meaning "a laugh, something funny" is first recorded 1942. Slang sense of "smallest amount or particle" (the hoot you don"t give when you don"t care) is from 1891.
"A dod blasted ole fool!" answered the captain, who, till now, had been merely an amused on-looker. "Ye know all this rumpus wont do nobuddy a hoot o" good--not a hoot." ["Along Traverse Shores," Traverse City, Michigan, 1891]
Hooter in the same sense is from 1839.
HOOTER. Probably a corruption of iota. Common in New York in such phrases as "I don"t care a hooter for him." "This note ain"t worth a hooter." [John Russell Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1877]

词态变化

复数 hoots;
第三人称单数 hoots;
过去式 hooted;
过去分词 hooted;
现在分词 hooting;

1. Michael Fish is my favourite. He"s a hoot, a real character.: 我最喜欢迈克尔·菲什。他滑稽逗趣，是个实实在在的人物。

4. I never hoot my horn when I pick a girl up for a date.: 我开车接女孩出去约会时从不按喇叭。

5. Mortlake strode on, ignoring the car, in spite of a further warning hoot.: 莫特莱克继续大步前行，不理会那辆汽车，尽管它又鸣喇叭警告。

hoot off 哄走

not worth a hoot 毫无价值

not care a hoot 毫不在乎

give a hoot 介意(计较)

not give a hoot 完全不放在心上...

hoot at 斥责

not matter a hoot 无关紧要

hoot away 哄走

hoot down 哄下台

hoot out 哄走

not care a hoot in hell 完全不放在心上...

not give a hoot in hell 完全不放在心上...

hoot at v. 斥责

hoot stop 【计】鸣笛式停机

hoot owl phr. 猫头鹰

hoot at sb 呵斥某人

give a hoot phr. 计较；介意

hoot sb. out of v. 赶出某人

not worth a hoot 一文不值,毫无价值

not give a hoot for 满不在乎, 瞧不起, 认为一钱不值

not matter a hoot 无关紧要, 无足轻重

not care a hoot v. 毫不在乎

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1. 谐音“哄堂”------哄堂大笑。
2. 谐音“呼他”------大声呼叫他。
3. shout => hoot.