hoot n 1 cry of an owl 貓頭鷹的叫聲. 2 sound made by a vehicle's horn, factory siren, etc 車輛的喇叭、 工廠汽笛等的鳴響聲. 3 shout expressing disapproval or scorn 表示反對或輕蔑的喊叫聲 His suggestion was greeted with hoots of laughter. 他的建議引起了陣陣嗤笑. 4 (infml 口) (a) loud laugh of delight and amusement 哈哈大笑. (b) thing that causes this 令人捧腹的事物: What a hoot! 真可笑! She looked an absolute hoot! 她看起來十分可笑! 5 (idm 習語) not care/give a hoot/two hoots (infml 口) not care at all 毫不在乎. hoot, v 1 [I, Ipr] ~ (at sb/sth) make a hoot or hoots （貓頭鷹）鳴叫; （車輛的喇叭、 工廠汽笛等）鳴響; 噓叫 the eery sound of an owl hooting 貓頭鷹那怪異恐怖的叫聲 The driver hooted at the sheep in the road. 那司機按汽車喇叭把道路上的羊轟走. The crowd was hooting and jeering at the speaker. 人群發出噓叫聲嘲笑那個演說者. He hooted with laughter. 他哈哈大笑. 2 [Tn] make scornful hoots at (sb); greet with jeers 向（某人）發出輕蔑的喝叫聲 hoot a bad actor 向蹩腳演員叫倒好. 3 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (at sb/sth) sound (a horn) 鳴（喇叭） The driver hooted his horn (at us). 司機（沖著我們）鳴喇叭. 4 (phr v) hoot sth/sb down/off; hoot sb off sth reject sth or drive sb away (from a place) by jeering 以譏笑聲拒絕某事物; 以噓叫聲把某人（從某處）轟走 The proposal was hooted down. 人們噓叫著拒絕了這項建議. hoot a speaker off (a platform) 把一個發言人轟下（臺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; （尤指工廠等發出上下班信號的）汽笛. 2 (dated 舊 esp Brit) car horn 汽車喇叭. 3 (Brit sl 俚) nose 鼻子.