scoffed
past simple and past participle ofscoff
| 单词 | scoffed |
| 释义 | scoffed past simple and past participle ofscoff scoff verb uk/skɒf/us/skɑːf/scoffverb(LAUGH)[I] tolaughandtalkabout apersonorideain a way thatshowsthat youthinkthey arestupidorsilly: Thecriticsscoffedathispaintings. Yearsagopeoplewould have scoffedattheideathatcarswould bebuiltbyrobots. Mocking and taunting
scoffverb(EAT)[T]UKinformal(USscarf) toeatsomethingquicklyandeagerly: Ibakedahugecakethismorning, and thekidsscoffed the lot. to eat food
Eating
Examplesofscoffedscoffed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Those whoscoffedten years ago now acknowledge its success. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The suggestion that the rich will grow rich and the poor will grow poorer isscoffedat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The engineers, whom we have heard so much lauded to-day,scoffedat that idea, and said they must have their tube, and they did. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We werescoffedat for saying that there had to be some public ownership. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They werescoffedat then as a wild-cat scheme, but have made no small contribution to solving the traffic problem during this century. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This problem is so serious it must not bescoffed, jeered or laughed at. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One hundred pounds has beenscoffedat this afternoon, but it is not a very small sum. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The creation of happiness for the greatest number is an ideal that he followed, and it is not to bescoffedat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have a remedy which is muchscoffedat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, hescoffedat the description of the tax as broadly-based and referred to the wide-range of zero rating. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He ratherscoffedat this question of standard revenue and treated it very lightly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A few years ago, people would havescoffedat the suggestion of a female astronaut, let alone females in every profession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We werescoffedat for doing it, but it gave greater security to the backward nations than anything of the kind we are now discussing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposals have beenscoffedat because it was said that loopholes were nonexistent, or were so small that the revenue lost was negligible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Hescoffedat those who do not approve of economic nationalism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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