scoff

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /skɒf/    美 /skɔːf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
    — VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.
  2. Food. British-Army,Newfoundland,South-Africa,countable,slang
  3. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.
    — [T]he scoff of wither'd age and beardless youth […]
  4. The act of eating. countable,slang,uncountable
    — Lunch for the busy has become a quick scoff of processed, terrifyingly orange couscous, […]
动词 v.
  1. To jeer; to laugh with contempt and derision. intransitive
    — Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, / And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.
  2. To eat food quickly. Newfoundland,UK,slang
    — The numbers thin out the further we get from London, so I don't feel guilty when I remove my mask momentarily to scoff some of the snacks I'd bought at Marylebone.
  3. To mock; to treat with scorn. transitive
  4. To eat. British-Army,Newfoundland,South-Africa,slang

词形变化

scoffs plural scoffs present,singular,third-person scoffing participle,present scoffed participle,past scoffed past scoffs plural scoffs present,singular,third-person scoffing participle,present scoffed participle,past scoffed past

词汇关系

衍生词
scoff down scoff up
相关词
scuff

词源

词源 1
From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph.
词源 2
A variant, attested since the mid 19th century, of scaff, of uncertain origin. Compare scarf (“eat quickly”).
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