hoots

英 [huːts]

美 [huːts]

v.  发出大声; 喊叫; (使汽车喇叭)鸣响; (猫头鹰)鸣叫
n.  大笑; 大喊; 可笑的事情(或人); (车辆的)喇叭声
hoot的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG 按（汽车喇叭）;（汽车喇叭）鸣响
  If youhootthe horn on a vehicle or if ithoots, it makes a loud noise on one note.
  1. 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。
  2. Somewhere in the distance a siren hooted...
     远处某个地方响起了警报声。
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. Hootis also a noun.
     
  6. 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 youhoot, you make a loud high-pitched noise when you are laughing or showing disapproval.
  1. 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。
  2. Bev hooted with laughter.
     贝夫高声大笑。
  3. Hootis also a noun.
     
  4. His confession was greeted with derisive hoots...
     他的坦白引起了人们嘲讽的嘘叫。
  5. 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 owlhoots, it makes a sound like a long 'oo'.
  1. 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 isa hoot, you think they are very amusing.
  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。
• PHRASE 毫不在乎;根本不在意
  If you say that youdon'tgive a hootordon't care two hoots aboutsomething, you are emphasizing that you do not care at all about it.
  1. Alan doesn't care two hoots about Irish politics...
     艾伦对爱尔兰政治毫不关心。
  2. They just don't give a hoot.
     他们根本毫不在乎。

双语例句

• She doesn't give two hoots about being in debt.
  她对负债毫不在乎。
• Then, once alone, Patterson heard Koko make the gorilla's distress call: a loud series of hoots.
  在佩特森离开后，她听到科科用大猩猩的方式表达了痛苦：发出一连串大叫。
• Now, I don't give three hoots for the mcgaffeys or you.
  现在，我可管不着什么麦格菲或你。
• Buffett not being a judge, that line drew a few hoots and hollers.
  巴菲特幸亏不是法官，否则他的这番陈词定会引起一片哗然。
• The rest of his lads were striking as well, and the forest was filled with hoots and hollers, curses and insults as the gryphons darted past.
  其他的蛮锤也攻击的很好，森林里满是骂声和叫喊，当狮鹫飞过时咒骂和侮辱声不绝于耳。
• He may stand upright, throw things, make aggressive charges, and pound his huge chest while barking out powerful hoots or unleashing a frightening roar.
  他会直立，会丢东西，会做出非常具有攻击性的动作，甚至会猛捶自己胸部大声咆哮。
• She gave three short hoots on the car horn.
  她短促地鸣了三声喇叭。
• Family Harford has just put in an offer for the house next door, to hoots of scorn from my colleagues, who know me as a bear among bears.
  我和老婆家刚刚打算出价购买邻居的一栋房产，便遭到同事一番嘲讽，因为他们知道我是一个“熊市论”者。
• Alan doesn't care two hoots about Irish politics
  艾伦对爱尔兰政治毫不关心。
• His speech was greeted with loud hoots.
  他的演讲遭到了轻蔑的嘘声。