heckle
heckle — 動詞
- hecklepresent simple I / you / we / they
- heckleshe / she / it
- heckledpast simple
- heckling-ing form
1. to shout critical or mocking remarks at a speaker or performer during a public e
起哄；喝倒采
以喊叫嘲弄打斷公開演講或表演
to shout critical or mocking remarks at a speaker or performer during a public event, making it difficult for them to continue.
At the city council meeting, several residents heckled the mayor over the new tax plan.
在市議會會議上，幾位居民對市長的新稅務大聲起鬨抗議。
heckle + [person] over [topic]
Two students in the back row began heckling the guest speaker during Diya's lecture.
在 Diya 的課堂上，有兩名坐在後排的學生開始對演講來賓喝倒采。
began heckling + direct object (person)
Kofi ignored the drunk man who heckled him and continued his comedy show.
Kofi 不理會那位對他起鬨的醉漢，繼續他的喜劇表演。
Yasmin's campaign speech was interrupted by hecklers from the opposing party.
Yasmin 的競選演說被反對黨的起鬨者打斷。
passive: be interrupted by hecklers
Fans of the visiting team heckled the goalkeeper every time he made a mistake.
客隊球迷每次守門員犯錯時就對他喝倒采。
- heckle + the speaker/politician/comedian
- heckle + from the crowd/audience
- start / keep / begin heckling
- be heckled by protesters/fans
- jeer
Jeer can involve mocking sounds or gestures in addition to words, and is often done by a group rather than an individual.
- boo
Boo refers specifically to making a 'boo' sound to show disapproval, usually by a crowd, without forming actual words.
- shout down
Shout down means to prevent someone from being heard by shouting over them, rather than directing mocking remarks at them.
- applaud
To show approval by clapping, the opposite of heckling or jeering at a performer.
文法句型
heckle + noun phrase (person)
heckle (no object)
用法筆記
Commonly used both transitively ('heckled the speaker') and intransitively ('the crowd started heckling'). The heckler is always a member of the audience or a bystander — someone not on the stage or platform.