| 单词 | derisive |
| 释义 | derisive, a.|dɪˈraɪsɪv|
[f. L. dērīs-, ppl. stem of dērīdēre to deride + -ive. Cf. OF. derrisif, -ive.]
a. Characterized by derision; scoffing, mocking.
a1662Gauden Sacrament 98 (L.) His derisive purple stained..with blood. 1725Pope Odyss. ii. 364 Derisive taunts were spread from guest to guest. 1871H. Ainsworth Tower Hill i. ii, ‘Soh! you are come!’ he exclaimed, in a deep, derisive tone. a1897Mod. Newspr. Rept. of Parlt. The statement of the hon. member was received with derisive cheers [i.e. Hear! hear! uttered in derisive tones].
b. That causes derision, ridiculous.
1896Westm. Gaz. 25 Feb. 2/1 In thirteen years he has brought a paper costing money to keep it going and with a derisive circulation to the front rank of the world's journalism. 1923Daily Mail 15 May 8 Germany has provided only a derisive amount to make good that cruel injury.
Hence deˈrisively adv., in a mocking manner, with derision; deˈrisiveness.
1665Sir T. Herbert Trav. (1677) 220 That hyperbole..which derisively term[s] Cairo and Damascus villages. Ibid. 243 (R.) The Persians [were] thence called Magussæi derisively by other ethnicks. 1838Dickens Nich. Nick. xlv, ‘Never you mind’, retorted that gentleman, tapping his nose derisively. 1847Craig, Derisiveness, the state of being derisive. |
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