/hu:t; hut/
n
1 cry of an owl 猫头鹰的叫声.
2 sound made by a vehicle's horn, factory siren, etc 车辆的喇叭、工厂汽笛等的鸣响声.
3 shout expressing disapproval or scorn 表示反对或轻蔑的喊叫声
*His suggestion was greeted with hoots of laughter. 他的建议引起了阵阵嗤笑.
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! 她看起来十分可笑!
5 (idm 习语) not care/give a hoot/two hoots (infml 口) not care at all 毫不在乎.

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（冲着我们）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. 人们嘘叫着拒绝了这项建议.
* 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.