hoot

v 1 [I, Ipr] ~ (at sb/sth) make a hoot or hoots （猫头鹰）鸣叫; （车辆的喇叭、 工厂汽笛等）鸣响; 嘘叫: the eery sound of an owl hooting 猫头鹰那怪异恐怖的叫声 * The driver hooted at the sheep in the road. 那司机按汽车喇叭把道路上的羊轰走. * The crowd was hooting and jeering at the speaker. 人群发出嘘叫声嘲笑那个演说者. * He hooted with laughter. 他哈哈大笑. 2 [Tn] make scornful hoots at (sb); greet with jeers 向（某人）发出轻蔑的喝叫声: hoot a bad actor 向蹩脚演员叫倒好. 3 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (at sb/sth) sound (a horn) 鸣（喇叭）: The driver hooted his horn (at us). 司机（冲著我们）鸣喇叭. 4 (phr v) hoot sth/sb down/off; hoot sb off sth reject sth or drive sb away (from a place) by jeering 以讥笑声拒绝某事物; 以嘘叫声把某人（从某处）轰走: The proposal was hooted down. 人们嘘叫著拒绝了这项建议. * hoot a speaker off (a platform) 把一个发言人轰下（台hooves pl of hoof.）去. hooter n 1 (esp Brit) siren or steam whistle, esp as a signal for work to start or stop at a factory, etc 汽笛; （尤指工厂等发出上下班信号的）汽笛. 2 (dated 旧 esp Brit) car horn 汽车喇叭. 3 (Brit sl 俚) nose 鼻子.

hoodoo, hoodwink, hooey, hoof, hook, hook and eye, hook-nose, hook-nosed, hook-up, hookah, hooked, hooker, hookey (also hooky), hookworm, hooligan, hooliganism, hoop, hoop-la, hoopoe, hooray, Hoover, hooves, hop, hop-field (also hop-garden), hop-picker, hop-pole, hope, hope chest, hopeful, hopefully, hopefulness, hopeless, hopelessly, hopelessness, hopped-up, hopper, hopscotch, horde, horizon, horizontal,