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a target of ridicule See full entry Word Origin late 17th cent.: from French, or from Latin ridiculum , neuter (used as a noun) of ridiculus ‘laughable’, from ridere ‘to laugh’.
ridicule, deride, mock, taunt imply making game of a person, usually in an unkind, jeering way. To ridicule is to make fun of, either sportively and good-humoredly, or unkindly with the intention of humiliating: to ridicule a pretentious person. To deride is to assail one with scornful laughter: to deride a statement of belief.
RIDICULE的意思、解释及翻译：1. unkind words or actions that make someone or something look stupid: 2. to laugh at someone in…。了解更多。
ridicule verb. subject to laughter or ridicule. Synonyms. blackguard, guy, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, roast. Examples. "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday". "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house". "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher".
RIDICULE translate: 嘲笑;奚落;戏弄, 嘲笑;奚落;戏弄. Learn more in the Cambridge English-Chinese simplified Dictionary.
• The only safe object of ridicule was Inspector Fowler. ridicule ridicule 2 verb [transitive] MAKE FUN OF to laugh at a person, idea etc and say that they are stupid SYN mock At the time, his ideas were ridiculed. → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus ridicule • Joseph was ridiculed for being serious.
RIDICULE tradução: ridículo, ridicularizar, ridicularizar, zombar. Veja mais em Dicionário Cambridge inglês-português
