- V-ERG 按(汽车喇叭);(汽车喇叭)鸣响
If you hoot the horn on a vehicle or if it hoots, it makes a loud noise on one note.
- 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。 - Somewhere in the distance a siren hooted...
远处某个地方响起了警报声。 - I can be very rude to motorists who hoot at me...
对那些朝我按喇叭的司机我会很不客气。 - It felt good to drive down the middle of the road, hooting at every junction.
在马路中央直驱而行,每到交叉路口就摁喇叭,这样开车感觉真好。 - Hoot is also a noun.
- 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。
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用honk,toot
- VERB 高声大笑;(表示反对而)喊叫
If you hoot, you make a loud high-pitched noise when you are laughing or showing disapproval.
- The protesters chanted, blew whistles and hooted at the name of Governor Pete Wilson...
抗议者喊着口号、吹着哨子,并大声尖叫着皮特·威尔逊州长的名字。 - Bev hooted with laughter.
贝夫高声大笑。 - Hoot is also a noun.
- His confession was greeted with derisive hoots...
他的坦白引起了人们嘲讽的嘘叫。 - This time she burst into hoots of laughter.
这次她突然放声大笑起来。
- VERB (猫头鹰)发出鸣叫声
When an owl hoots, it makes a sound like a long 'oo'.
- Out in the garden an owl hooted suddenly.
外面的花园里突然有一只猫头鹰呜呜地叫起来。
- N-SING 滑稽可笑的人(或事物)
If you say that someone or something is a hoot, you think they are very amusing.
- 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。
- PHRASE 毫不在乎;根本不在意
If you say that you don'tgive a hoot or don't care two hoots about something, you are emphasizing that you do not care at all about it.
- Alan doesn't care two hoots about Irish politics...
艾伦对爱尔兰政治毫不关心。 - They just don't give a hoot.
他们根本毫不在乎。