mockery

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɒkəɹi/    美 /ˈmɑkəɹi/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The action of mocking; ridicule, derision. countable,uncountable
  2. Something so lacking in necessary qualities as to inspire ridicule; a laughing-stock. countable,uncountable
  3. Something insultingly imitative; an offensively futile action, gesture etc. countable,obsolete,uncountable
  4. Mimicry, imitation, now usually in a derogatory sense; a travesty, a ridiculous simulacrum. countable,uncountable
    — The defendant wasn't allowed to speak at his own trial - it was a mockery of justice.

词形变化

mockeries plural

词汇关系

衍生词
make a mockery of make mockery of self-mockery

词源

From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Byzantine Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.
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