taunt

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /tɔːnt/    美 /tɔnt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A scornful or mocking remark; a jeer or mockery.
    — 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.
动词 v.
  1. To make fun of (someone); to goad (a person) into responding, often in an aggressive manner. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Very high or tall. obsolete
    — the great ships, for want of ſufficient masts, will lose the advantages the taunt masts would procure

词形变化

taunts present,singular,third-person taunting participle,present taunted participle,past taunted past taunts plural more taunt comparative most taunt superlative

词源

词源 1
From Middle French tanter (“to tempt, try, provoke”), variant of Old French tempter (“to try”). Doublet of tempt.
词源 2
Compare Old French tant (“so great”), French tant (“so much”), Latin tantus (“of such size, so great, so much”). See ataunt.
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