heckle

heckle
verb
[with obj.]
  1. interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse
    嘲笑,责问,辱骂(公开演说人)
    he was booed and heckled when he tried to address the demonstrators.
    他想要向示威者讲话时响起了一阵嘘声和责骂声。
    [no obj.]women round him started heckling.
    他周围的女人们开始质问他。
  2. dress (flax or hemp) to split and straighten the fibres for spinning
    栉梳(亚麻或大麻,以备纺纱)
noun
  1. a heckling comment
    (对演说者的)嘲笑,责问
    heckles of ‘Get stuffed!’.
    一片“见鬼去吧!”的责骂声和嘘声。
派生
heckler
noun
语源
  1. middle English (in sense 2): from heckle 'flax comb', a northern and eastern form of hackle. The sense interrupt (a public speaker) with aggressive questions arose in the mid 17th cent.; for the development in sense, compare tease
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