Definition of hoot in English:

hoot

noun huːthut

1A low, wavering musical sound which is the typical call of many kinds of owl.
低沉（或不高不低）的叫声（常颤抖或时断时续，为多种猫头鹰的典型叫声）
Example sentencesExamples
- I'm tired of their whistles and hoots and tweets.
- The hair at the back of her head rose to its ends as she heard the noises of the cicadas, hoots of owls and soft hissing as she ambled along.
- The sounds merge with the occasional hoot of the Jungle Owlet.
- She heard the hoot of a night bird telling her it was nighttime.
- Various yelps, hoots, screams, squawks, and other vocalizations are used by many species of primates and birds to herald the approach of predators to relatives and other members of the same species.
- And the hoots and screeches they make while doing so are the most horrifying noises I've ever heard.
- His 5 AM, noon, or midnight hoots coincided almost exactly with the passing of a Chicago police car.
- The howls of the wolves and the hoots of owls were the only things that they heard.
- The animals of the desert call to each other, muffled hoots and howls in the darkness.
- The sky darkened, and mysterious howls and hoots came from every direction.
- The sound of crickets, mosquitoes, and the occasional hoot of an owl pierced the deafening silence.
- Occasionally hoots, screams and other nocturnal noises interrupted our sleep.
- They live and travel in small groups, communicating and expressing their moods with a variety of hoots, grunts, roars, and screams.
- Although tawny owls are reputed to have a hoot, this one whistled, which is probably why it is often referred to in the books as a screech owl.
- He listened carefully, but only heard their footsteps, the light lapping of the water on the shore, and the screeching hoots and calls of any number of animals that lived in the Riverlands and the island.
- The night was still and no sound was heard, apart from the occasional hoot of the owl, the master of the shadows.
- We never tired of the stunning view, and at night the sky was full of stars, the lights twinkled from houses dotted among the trees and olive groves and the only sound was the strange hoot of the little Scops owls.
- A northerly wind rustled in her hair, carrying the sounds of the night, the hoots and calls of young and old birds alike, the guttural calls of larger animals.
- She heard cricket chirps, the occasional owl hoot, and the sound of a nearby raccoon.
- Silent at sea, these birds are the nosiest of the Auklets when in the breeding colonies, vocalizing with groans, low hoots, grunts, and barking calls.
Synonyms
cry, call, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo
1. 1.1 A raucous sound made by a horn, siren, or steam whistle.
  （喇叭、警笛或汽笛的）低沉刺耳的鸣声
  Example sentencesExamples
  As copious steam clouds and sharp hoots pierce the morning calm, an air of excitement and expectation is palpable among those who have got into the coaches.
  There was the sound of thunder and of game shooting and the hoot and whistle of steam trains.
  He added that the police drivers are forced to use long hoots and use the siren unnecessarily to clear the traffic going in the front.
  This must be one of the few parts of the world where wine, walking and sea air are bound up with the hoot of the whistle and the hiss of the brakes.
  And even if they do stagger, it's just from the bar to their car, which deprives them of miles of good staggering, a fun game of hide and seek with your destination and the gleeful hoots of passing motorists.
  The procession made its lively way twice around the town, to the accompaniment of brass band music, the ear-splitting hoots of steam engines, The Velfrey Queen and Pride of Freystrop, and the applause of spectators.
  It was only when Paisley caused merriment by referring to a hoot of the ship's horn as ‘the Pope blowing his nose’ that Reynolds made a break for it and ran for his life.
  You're alerted to this fact by any one of a number of beeps, hoots and whistles, or by the more discreet vibrating option.
  If I see anything, I have a list of people to ring around and they ring other people and alert people with hoots of their car horn.
  The song can sound like hoots and whistles, in a repeating pattern similar to that of a mockingbird or thrasher.
  To shouts of ‘coward’ and the hoot of the hunting horn, Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael arrived at Kendal on Friday to deliver a keynote speech on rural services.
  Synonyms
  blast, blare, sound, beep, meep, honk, toot
2. 1.2 A shout expressing scorn or disapproval.
  表示轻蔑（或不赞成）的叫声
  there were hoots of derision
  有嘲笑的叫声。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When finally they broke apart, a series of hoots and suggestive whistles drifted up from the rest of them (me excluded of course.)
  I turned away and hurried into the doctor's quarters to see Elizabeth, hoots and hollers echoing behind me.
  Her audience released a volley of claps, whistles and hoots.
  That produced catcalls, hoots, some lip-smacking noises, and a shouted request for a date.
  There were various hoots and whistles as chairs were moved and people shifted around so the new pair could sit next to each other.
  Attempts to show that various inhumane practices are technically legal will be met by the hoots of outrage they deserve.
  The moment Qambar's hard, sly face appeared on the screen, the gloomy living room lit up with hoots, howls, clapping and whistling.
  All the audience broke into various hoots and gave her a standing ovation.
  There were hoots of mock derision and cries of joy in the Kobe Wing Stadium last night.
  From now on, any government urging military action for moral purpose will face hoots of derision and howls of scepticism.
  That earned a round of hoots and a barrage of shirts and towels.
  And on those rare occasions when she attempts a one-liner, it is met with hoots of derision.
  The gym erupted in yells and hoots and whistles.
  A chorus of hoots greeted his attempt at solemnity.
  Tremblay urged him, questioning his honesty, to hoots and laughter.
  There were a couple of hoots and whistles from the men in our squad, but she silenced them with a glare that could kill.
  Suddenly, he heard hoots and whistles coming from the football table.
  There were a lot of hoots from the spectators which was making us nervous ’, the girls said.
  Without another word, she pulled open the classroom door, but before we could enter, a few hoots and howls drew our attention.
  There are plenty of hoots and whistles, derision for the woman's coy smile and smeared-on lipstick.
  Synonyms
  shout, yell, cry, howl, scream, shriek, whoop, whistle
  boo, hiss, jeer, mock, taunt, catcall
  informal raspberry
3. 1.3 A short outburst of laughter.
  短促的笑声
  the audience broke into hoots of laughter
  观众爆发出阵阵笑声。
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘I was encouraged to consider a career in dietetics,’ she reveals with a hoot of laughter.
  There were hoots of laughter when the development was described as being 60 to 70 metres from the cliff edge.
  Every lesson was like Russian roulette as students gingerly placed their bottoms onto their seats in case it finally gave up the ghost and left them sprawling on the floor to hoots of laughter.
  I laughed again and glanced to my right where Thomas was sitting on his horse with a grin forming on his lips and he let out a hoot.
  Rolling her eyes, she complied, and then jumped through a number of metaphorical hoops for them, welcoming their applause and hoots of laughter when she screwed up particularly badly.
  He went off in hoots of laughter again, while Mina crossed her arms and glowered at him.
  There's a silence that I fill with hoots of laughter.
  There are three shows, however, that make the best use of the new-sitcom style, and they don't require recorded hoots and hollers to prove they're funny.
  The remark, made to journalists in New Zealand, was greeted with hoots of laughter.
  Why then is the President's proposal not met with hoots of derisive laughter, or perhaps with a grave suggestion that he be examined, so as to determine the cause of this delusional pattern of thought?
  Charles brought hoots of laughter when he told them a local man had attempted to sell him a shire horse.
  The entire crowd burst into hoots of laughter and began to urge Faorin on.
  I laughed softly, but she bust out into full on hysterical fits of doubled-over, knee slapping hoots.
  Kyle let out a hoot of laughter over Aiden's opinion.
  When I mentioned the latest bad press, their reticence gave way to hoots of derisory laughter and genuine indignation.
  Grandma burst into hoots of laughter and we all stared at her, slightly disturbed.
  That brings hoots and teasing from all my friends around us of course.
  ‘The personal shoppers were fluttering around outside, petrified there would be some big debacle, but when she came out she was in hoots of laughter,’ says Gray.
  This was greeted by hoots of laughter which, worryingly, seemed mostly to come from the seats behind him.
  As she spoke on the phone, a hoot of laughter erupted in the background.
  Synonyms
  guffaw, howl, hoot, shriek
4. 1.4a hootinformal An amusing situation or person.
  〈非正式〉有趣的情形（或人）
  your mum's a real hoot
  你妈妈真是个有趣的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Kids find Carrey's manic high jinks a hoot, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas grossed $55 million on its first weekend.
  The LSO / Michael Tilson Thomas version was a hoot and full of musical treasures.
  Anytime Foley stumbles on-screen with a mustache on his baby face, it's a hoot.
  The ‘Facial Aerobics’ skit was a hoot, while the beheading of a screaming woman was not.
  Calgarians thought it was a hoot, and passers-by steadily erupted into laughter.
  While Grease doesn't rank as an all time favorite in the musical genre, it is a hoot.
  There isn't much comedy in the film, unless you consider an actor walking around with a prosthetic penis a hoot.
  Anyway, their excuse was that my behavior was becoming too erratic, which is a hoot since they know better than anyone that it's all part of the Plan.
  Synonyms
  amusing person, character, clown, somebody very funny
  amusing situation, piece of fun, something very funny
  informal scream, laugh, card, case, one, riot, giggle, lark, barrel of laughs
  informal, dated caution

verb huːthut

[no object]

1(of an owl) utter a hoot.
（猫头鹰）叫
owls hooted, the new moon rose
Example sentencesExamples
- Then he hooted twice, and began to roll it up to fit perfectly inside the little metal tube, careful not to put dents in the side from his beak.
- An owl hooted above us as we walked through the forest.
- Usually Mr. Glinner found forests to be alive with activity; chirping crickets, hooting owls, hunting mountain lions, and hungry bears.
- As I padded gently through the crispy grass alongside Davis, I picked up on the sound of an owl hooting softly in the distance.
- The most important thing is that this is a place where you can still hear the owls hoot at night.
- If we were seated around a fire and an owl hooted or a bush-baby cried in the dark, witchcraft was blamed and the narration of folk tales was abandoned.
- Somewhere an owl hooted, and Dwayn's face seemed to get a little redder in the night.
- An owl hooted softly, and Rick's nose caught the smell of honeysuckle.
- He stopped at the edge of the garden and waited for a few moments; an owl hooted in the forest and the man crouched low, swiftly crossing the short distance to the forest.
- The odd flying fox glided over the valley and owls hooted in the distance.
- In the distance, he could hear wolves barking, even closer, owls hooting.
- Early Indian horror films tended to make use of creaking doors, hooting owls, whining dogs and howling winds - similar to the tools used by Britain's famed House of Hammer.
- An owl hooted somewhere on the edge of the woods surrounding the farm.
- A owl hooted in the distance and the crickets chirruped.
- A flock of owls swooped through her tower lands, hooting shrilly.
- Owls hooted in the treetops, while other nocturnal animals came out to forage for food.
- Crickets chirped, owls hooted, and cicadas caterwauled in screechy harmony.
- The only sound to be heard was the quiet whistling of the wind through the trees and the occasional owl hooting somewhere off in the distance.
- What I assumed were owls hooting through the trees turned out to be wolves.
Synonyms
cry, call, utter a hoot, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo
1. 1.1 (with reference to a car horn, siren, etc.) make or cause to make a hoot.
  a car horn hooted, frightening her
  with object Sam hooted his horn
  Example sentencesExamples
  Passing cars hooted as the march wound its way around two blocks and back again.
  Fans had chanted Maradona's name while passing buses and cars had hooted their horns since his arrival.
  From a nearby station, arriving and departing trains hooted at regular intervals.
  One Saturday evening in Sao Tome town, quiet but for the odd hooting of horns from truck-loads of people going to a wedding reception, a group of lads beckoned me to join them on the street corner.
  A van and a car waiting behind me finally hooted with impatience so I grasped the wheel with both hands and slid between some cyclists, a Smart car, a Ford Focus, a moped and two pedestrians to the safety of the other side.
  Immediately after the match ended, hooting cars filled the Avenue des Champs-Elysees, a modern tradition whenever there is cause to celebrate.
  Have any of these people an idea how irritating and stressful the hooting of cars can be?
  I was interrupted by the hooting of a car, I turned trying to eye up the cars speculatively.
  Several members of staff at County Hall, one of them a cripple, had to scatter while crossing Penrhyn Road because a car, hooting loudly, was coming towards them at a fast pace.
  Even prisoners going in and out of Strangeways have been banging on the van windows as they've passed by and we've had police cars and fire engines hooting us too.
  In countries all around the world we hear the hooting of horns but have you ever stopped to think what it all means?
  The Dr. turned on his electric train that beeped, whistled, hooted, and howled around the table.
  A very large number of followers attended both games and followed the winners in both games with horns hooting to Bunclody.
  Horns hooting and cheers of joy filled the air in the popular fishing harbour, which has really been put on the map because of the Diva's success.
  Can they recall the siren that called the men to work daily and hooted also to conclude the end of a day's work?
  While police presence was a deterrent to hooliganism at the beach or Island grounds where the trade fair is being held, the same could not be said about the MTC buses with footpath travel and it was a day of endless hooting of horns.
  At Gore's residence in Washington DC, car horns hooted, signalling their approval of the decision as the vice president heard the news with his wife, Tipper.
  In the narrow road, tut-tut taxis hooted at each other.
  As the cavalcade of over 25 cars passed through Glenade that evening, the sheep in McGloin's meadow huddled together bewildered by the hooting horns and flashing lights.
  There has been a stream of people coming to stand on the picket, most cars hoot in solidarity against the war.
  Synonyms
  sound, blare, blast, beep, honk, toot, make a loud sound
2. 1.2 Shout loudly in scorn, disapproval, or merriment.
  （人）（表示轻蔑、不赞成或快乐的）喊叫声
  she began to hoot with laughter
  她开始呵呵大笑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Her friends started clapping loudly, hooting and hollering as Scarlet just blushed.
  The crowd was on its feet hooting and yelling about it.
  Captain Ed, J. B. Doubtless and I all hooted at that scenario.
  The whole group hooted and cheered loudly, the guys were whooping at Cindy.
  Anyway, she told this joke that I thought was so funny I hooted with laughter, which was quite embarrassing as the rest of the audience only tittered politely.
  Audiences in Bombay's derelict Art-Deco cinema halls often hoot and whistle when their hero vanquishes a villain.
  Why should I care if your wife hoots in derision at my sock-clad feet?
  We're shrieking and yelling and hooting and clapping and stomping - telling this man just how much we love him.
  It always made Norman hoot with laughter no matter how many times I read it.
  In response, the crowd cheered and at times even hooted its approval.
  Landon slapped his knee and hooted with laughter.
  They started whistling and hooting and yelling at me in Spanish.
  We know precisely why most people will wish to see it, and it has a whole lot more to do with urges to hoot and jeer and taunt than with any sober discharging of civil responsibilities.
  And the audience claps and hoots instinctively every time such muscle-flexing occurs.
  Moving to the rhythm, Jason starting dancing in a slow sexy way; this made Rebecca and Kale hoot and laugh even more.
  ‘We hooted with laughter,’ says 17-year-old Ross Archibald.
  They screamed, jeered and hooted at the screen.
  French fans hooted at her again on Thursday when she questioned calls or bounced her racquet in frustration.
  The entire class hooted with laughter, and poor Mr Abbott just looked a bit confused.
  Please read the article while endeavoring not to laugh, chortle, snicker, hoot or whistle.
  Synonyms
  shout, yell, cry, howl, scream, shriek, whoop, whistle
  boo, hiss, jeer, mock, taunt, catcall
  informal blow raspberries
3. 1.3hoot something down Express loud scornful disapproval of something.
  （表示轻蔑与不赞成的）大声嘲弄，大声嘲笑
  his questions were hooted down or answered obscenely
  他的问题不是受到大声嘲笑，就是遭到猥亵话作答。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Some thirty years ago when I suggested at Boeing that software should be distributed in source-code form, the idea was hooted down and rejected out of hand.
  Aircraft altitude and noise control measures were brought to the City Council, although the audience hooted it down and the resolution was not adopted.
  Somebody came up with this at a brainstorming meeting and nobody else had the good sense to hoot it down then.
  As a result it appeared that we were somehow forcing the proposal down their throats, and members hooted it down.
  When they tried to speak, however, the crowd hooted them down with cries of ‘We want Teddy’'.
  Why should we not apply this argument to the idiosyncrasy of a nation, and pause in our haste to hoot it down?
  Lots of advertisers, I predict, will buy time and space from YouTube, only to have users hoot it down.

Phrases

not care (or give) a hoot (or two hoots)

informal Not care at all.
〈非正式〉根本不在乎
there's no point in asking about something that nobody gives two hoots about
Example sentencesExamples
- He recently told the Telegraph, ‘I have never given two hoots what people I don't know and don't respect have to say about me.’
- Families claimed that the council didn't give two hoots for their rubbish-strewn neighbourhood.
- ‘I don't give two hoots if something is authentic or experimental, as long as it tastes good,’ asserts Barbara Tropp.
- If you don't care a hoot, then you don't want to know.
- There are some people who don't give two hoots about the welfare of wildlife around the country.
- I'm the kind of guy who can like an actor like Charlton Heston on screen and not give a hoot if he's also a right wing gun nut on the side.
- If people are not happy with that, I don't give two hoots.
- Of course, powerful white guys in suits don't give two hoots about obscure countries with exotic-sounding names unless there's a buck to be made.
- I don't give two hoots what colour the British are, I care only that they subscribe to British values.
- Ninety percent of people here don't give two hoots.
Synonyms
care, be concerned, mind, be bothered, be interested

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'make sounds of derision'): perhaps imitative.

Rhymes

acute, argute, astute, beaut, Beirut, boot, bruit, brut, brute, Bute, butte, Canute, cheroot, chute, commute, compute, confute, coot, cute, depute, dilute, dispute, flute, galoot, impute, jute, loot, lute, minute, moot, newt, outshoot, permute, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, route, salute, Salyut, scoot, shoot, Shute, sloot, snoot, subacute, suit, telecommute, Tonton Macoute, toot, transmute, undershoot, uproot, Ute, volute

Definition of hoot in US English:

hoot

nounho͞othut

1A deep or medium-pitched musical sound, often wavering or interrupted, that is the typical call of many kinds of owl.
低沉（或不高不低）的叫声（常颤抖或时断时续，为多种猫头鹰的典型叫声）
Example sentencesExamples
- Silent at sea, these birds are the nosiest of the Auklets when in the breeding colonies, vocalizing with groans, low hoots, grunts, and barking calls.
- A northerly wind rustled in her hair, carrying the sounds of the night, the hoots and calls of young and old birds alike, the guttural calls of larger animals.
- The night was still and no sound was heard, apart from the occasional hoot of the owl, the master of the shadows.
- We never tired of the stunning view, and at night the sky was full of stars, the lights twinkled from houses dotted among the trees and olive groves and the only sound was the strange hoot of the little Scops owls.
- His 5 AM, noon, or midnight hoots coincided almost exactly with the passing of a Chicago police car.
- The sounds merge with the occasional hoot of the Jungle Owlet.
- I'm tired of their whistles and hoots and tweets.
- The sky darkened, and mysterious howls and hoots came from every direction.
- The hair at the back of her head rose to its ends as she heard the noises of the cicadas, hoots of owls and soft hissing as she ambled along.
- Various yelps, hoots, screams, squawks, and other vocalizations are used by many species of primates and birds to herald the approach of predators to relatives and other members of the same species.
- And the hoots and screeches they make while doing so are the most horrifying noises I've ever heard.
- She heard cricket chirps, the occasional owl hoot, and the sound of a nearby raccoon.
- The howls of the wolves and the hoots of owls were the only things that they heard.
- He listened carefully, but only heard their footsteps, the light lapping of the water on the shore, and the screeching hoots and calls of any number of animals that lived in the Riverlands and the island.
- Occasionally hoots, screams and other nocturnal noises interrupted our sleep.
- The animals of the desert call to each other, muffled hoots and howls in the darkness.
- Although tawny owls are reputed to have a hoot, this one whistled, which is probably why it is often referred to in the books as a screech owl.
- They live and travel in small groups, communicating and expressing their moods with a variety of hoots, grunts, roars, and screams.
- She heard the hoot of a night bird telling her it was nighttime.
- The sound of crickets, mosquitoes, and the occasional hoot of an owl pierced the deafening silence.
Synonyms
cry, call, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo
1. 1.1 A raucous sound made by a horn, siren, or steam whistle.
  （喇叭、警笛或汽笛的）低沉刺耳的鸣声
  Example sentencesExamples
  The song can sound like hoots and whistles, in a repeating pattern similar to that of a mockingbird or thrasher.
  And even if they do stagger, it's just from the bar to their car, which deprives them of miles of good staggering, a fun game of hide and seek with your destination and the gleeful hoots of passing motorists.
  To shouts of ‘coward’ and the hoot of the hunting horn, Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael arrived at Kendal on Friday to deliver a keynote speech on rural services.
  The procession made its lively way twice around the town, to the accompaniment of brass band music, the ear-splitting hoots of steam engines, The Velfrey Queen and Pride of Freystrop, and the applause of spectators.
  As copious steam clouds and sharp hoots pierce the morning calm, an air of excitement and expectation is palpable among those who have got into the coaches.
  It was only when Paisley caused merriment by referring to a hoot of the ship's horn as ‘the Pope blowing his nose’ that Reynolds made a break for it and ran for his life.
  If I see anything, I have a list of people to ring around and they ring other people and alert people with hoots of their car horn.
  He added that the police drivers are forced to use long hoots and use the siren unnecessarily to clear the traffic going in the front.
  There was the sound of thunder and of game shooting and the hoot and whistle of steam trains.
  You're alerted to this fact by any one of a number of beeps, hoots and whistles, or by the more discreet vibrating option.
  This must be one of the few parts of the world where wine, walking and sea air are bound up with the hoot of the whistle and the hiss of the brakes.
  Synonyms
  blast, blare, sound, beep, meep, honk, toot
2. 1.2 A shout expressing scorn or disapproval.
  表示轻蔑（或不赞成）的叫声
  there were hoots of derision
  有嘲笑的叫声。
  Example sentencesExamples
  There were various hoots and whistles as chairs were moved and people shifted around so the new pair could sit next to each other.
  And on those rare occasions when she attempts a one-liner, it is met with hoots of derision.
  Tremblay urged him, questioning his honesty, to hoots and laughter.
  The gym erupted in yells and hoots and whistles.
  There are plenty of hoots and whistles, derision for the woman's coy smile and smeared-on lipstick.
  That earned a round of hoots and a barrage of shirts and towels.
  Without another word, she pulled open the classroom door, but before we could enter, a few hoots and howls drew our attention.
  When finally they broke apart, a series of hoots and suggestive whistles drifted up from the rest of them (me excluded of course.)
  That produced catcalls, hoots, some lip-smacking noises, and a shouted request for a date.
  Suddenly, he heard hoots and whistles coming from the football table.
  There were a couple of hoots and whistles from the men in our squad, but she silenced them with a glare that could kill.
  The moment Qambar's hard, sly face appeared on the screen, the gloomy living room lit up with hoots, howls, clapping and whistling.
  I turned away and hurried into the doctor's quarters to see Elizabeth, hoots and hollers echoing behind me.
  Her audience released a volley of claps, whistles and hoots.
  There were a lot of hoots from the spectators which was making us nervous ’, the girls said.
  From now on, any government urging military action for moral purpose will face hoots of derision and howls of scepticism.
  Attempts to show that various inhumane practices are technically legal will be met by the hoots of outrage they deserve.
  All the audience broke into various hoots and gave her a standing ovation.
  A chorus of hoots greeted his attempt at solemnity.
  There were hoots of mock derision and cries of joy in the Kobe Wing Stadium last night.
  Synonyms
  shout, yell, cry, howl, scream, shriek, whoop, whistle
3. 1.3 A short outburst of laughter.
  短促的笑声
  the audience broke into hoots of laughter
  观众爆发出阵阵笑声。
  Example sentencesExamples
  When I mentioned the latest bad press, their reticence gave way to hoots of derisory laughter and genuine indignation.
  Why then is the President's proposal not met with hoots of derisive laughter, or perhaps with a grave suggestion that he be examined, so as to determine the cause of this delusional pattern of thought?
  I laughed softly, but she bust out into full on hysterical fits of doubled-over, knee slapping hoots.
  That brings hoots and teasing from all my friends around us of course.
  ‘I was encouraged to consider a career in dietetics,’ she reveals with a hoot of laughter.
  There's a silence that I fill with hoots of laughter.
  The remark, made to journalists in New Zealand, was greeted with hoots of laughter.
  I laughed again and glanced to my right where Thomas was sitting on his horse with a grin forming on his lips and he let out a hoot.
  This was greeted by hoots of laughter which, worryingly, seemed mostly to come from the seats behind him.
  He went off in hoots of laughter again, while Mina crossed her arms and glowered at him.
  As she spoke on the phone, a hoot of laughter erupted in the background.
  There are three shows, however, that make the best use of the new-sitcom style, and they don't require recorded hoots and hollers to prove they're funny.
  There were hoots of laughter when the development was described as being 60 to 70 metres from the cliff edge.
  Kyle let out a hoot of laughter over Aiden's opinion.
  Rolling her eyes, she complied, and then jumped through a number of metaphorical hoops for them, welcoming their applause and hoots of laughter when she screwed up particularly badly.
  Every lesson was like Russian roulette as students gingerly placed their bottoms onto their seats in case it finally gave up the ghost and left them sprawling on the floor to hoots of laughter.
  Charles brought hoots of laughter when he told them a local man had attempted to sell him a shire horse.
  Grandma burst into hoots of laughter and we all stared at her, slightly disturbed.
  The entire crowd burst into hoots of laughter and began to urge Faorin on.
  ‘The personal shoppers were fluttering around outside, petrified there would be some big debacle, but when she came out she was in hoots of laughter,’ says Gray.
  Synonyms
  guffaw, howl, hoot, shriek
4. 1.4a hootinformal An amusing situation or person.
  〈非正式〉有趣的情形（或人）
  your mom's a real hoot
  你妈妈真是个有趣的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  While Grease doesn't rank as an all time favorite in the musical genre, it is a hoot.
  Kids find Carrey's manic high jinks a hoot, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas grossed $55 million on its first weekend.
  The LSO / Michael Tilson Thomas version was a hoot and full of musical treasures.
  There isn't much comedy in the film, unless you consider an actor walking around with a prosthetic penis a hoot.
  The ‘Facial Aerobics’ skit was a hoot, while the beheading of a screaming woman was not.
  Anyway, their excuse was that my behavior was becoming too erratic, which is a hoot since they know better than anyone that it's all part of the Plan.
  Anytime Foley stumbles on-screen with a mustache on his baby face, it's a hoot.
  Calgarians thought it was a hoot, and passers-by steadily erupted into laughter.
  Synonyms
  amusing person, character, clown, somebody very funny

verbho͞othut

[no object]

1(of an owl) utter a hoot.
（猫头鹰）叫
Example sentencesExamples
- In the distance, he could hear wolves barking, even closer, owls hooting.
- The odd flying fox glided over the valley and owls hooted in the distance.
- Owls hooted in the treetops, while other nocturnal animals came out to forage for food.
- The only sound to be heard was the quiet whistling of the wind through the trees and the occasional owl hooting somewhere off in the distance.
- As I padded gently through the crispy grass alongside Davis, I picked up on the sound of an owl hooting softly in the distance.
- An owl hooted above us as we walked through the forest.
- Crickets chirped, owls hooted, and cicadas caterwauled in screechy harmony.
- A flock of owls swooped through her tower lands, hooting shrilly.
- Somewhere an owl hooted, and Dwayn's face seemed to get a little redder in the night.
- An owl hooted softly, and Rick's nose caught the smell of honeysuckle.
- What I assumed were owls hooting through the trees turned out to be wolves.
- He stopped at the edge of the garden and waited for a few moments; an owl hooted in the forest and the man crouched low, swiftly crossing the short distance to the forest.
- If we were seated around a fire and an owl hooted or a bush-baby cried in the dark, witchcraft was blamed and the narration of folk tales was abandoned.
- Usually Mr. Glinner found forests to be alive with activity; chirping crickets, hooting owls, hunting mountain lions, and hungry bears.
- Early Indian horror films tended to make use of creaking doors, hooting owls, whining dogs and howling winds - similar to the tools used by Britain's famed House of Hammer.
- The most important thing is that this is a place where you can still hear the owls hoot at night.
- A owl hooted in the distance and the crickets chirruped.
- An owl hooted somewhere on the edge of the woods surrounding the farm.
- Then he hooted twice, and began to roll it up to fit perfectly inside the little metal tube, careful not to put dents in the side from his beak.
Synonyms
cry, call, utter a hoot, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo
1. 1.1 (with reference to a horn, siren, etc.) make or cause to make a hoot.
  Example sentencesExamples
  A very large number of followers attended both games and followed the winners in both games with horns hooting to Bunclody.
  Several members of staff at County Hall, one of them a cripple, had to scatter while crossing Penrhyn Road because a car, hooting loudly, was coming towards them at a fast pace.
  Horns hooting and cheers of joy filled the air in the popular fishing harbour, which has really been put on the map because of the Diva's success.
  Have any of these people an idea how irritating and stressful the hooting of cars can be?
  In countries all around the world we hear the hooting of horns but have you ever stopped to think what it all means?
  While police presence was a deterrent to hooliganism at the beach or Island grounds where the trade fair is being held, the same could not be said about the MTC buses with footpath travel and it was a day of endless hooting of horns.
  Can they recall the siren that called the men to work daily and hooted also to conclude the end of a day's work?
  Even prisoners going in and out of Strangeways have been banging on the van windows as they've passed by and we've had police cars and fire engines hooting us too.
  At Gore's residence in Washington DC, car horns hooted, signalling their approval of the decision as the vice president heard the news with his wife, Tipper.
  One Saturday evening in Sao Tome town, quiet but for the odd hooting of horns from truck-loads of people going to a wedding reception, a group of lads beckoned me to join them on the street corner.
  In the narrow road, tut-tut taxis hooted at each other.
  I was interrupted by the hooting of a car, I turned trying to eye up the cars speculatively.
  A van and a car waiting behind me finally hooted with impatience so I grasped the wheel with both hands and slid between some cyclists, a Smart car, a Ford Focus, a moped and two pedestrians to the safety of the other side.
  Passing cars hooted as the march wound its way around two blocks and back again.
  Fans had chanted Maradona's name while passing buses and cars had hooted their horns since his arrival.
  The Dr. turned on his electric train that beeped, whistled, hooted, and howled around the table.
  Immediately after the match ended, hooting cars filled the Avenue des Champs-Elysees, a modern tradition whenever there is cause to celebrate.
  From a nearby station, arriving and departing trains hooted at regular intervals.
  As the cavalcade of over 25 cars passed through Glenade that evening, the sheep in McGloin's meadow huddled together bewildered by the hooting horns and flashing lights.
  There has been a stream of people coming to stand on the picket, most cars hoot in solidarity against the war.
  Synonyms
  sound, blare, blast, beep, honk, toot, make a loud sound
2. 1.2 (of a person) make loud sounds of scorn, disapproval, or merriment.
  （人）（表示轻蔑、不赞成或快乐的）喊叫声
  she began to hoot with laughter
  她开始呵呵大笑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It always made Norman hoot with laughter no matter how many times I read it.
  French fans hooted at her again on Thursday when she questioned calls or bounced her racquet in frustration.
  And the audience claps and hoots instinctively every time such muscle-flexing occurs.
  Moving to the rhythm, Jason starting dancing in a slow sexy way; this made Rebecca and Kale hoot and laugh even more.
  The crowd was on its feet hooting and yelling about it.
  Landon slapped his knee and hooted with laughter.
  ‘We hooted with laughter,’ says 17-year-old Ross Archibald.
  We're shrieking and yelling and hooting and clapping and stomping - telling this man just how much we love him.
  Please read the article while endeavoring not to laugh, chortle, snicker, hoot or whistle.
  We know precisely why most people will wish to see it, and it has a whole lot more to do with urges to hoot and jeer and taunt than with any sober discharging of civil responsibilities.
  Her friends started clapping loudly, hooting and hollering as Scarlet just blushed.
  Audiences in Bombay's derelict Art-Deco cinema halls often hoot and whistle when their hero vanquishes a villain.
  They screamed, jeered and hooted at the screen.
  Anyway, she told this joke that I thought was so funny I hooted with laughter, which was quite embarrassing as the rest of the audience only tittered politely.
  In response, the crowd cheered and at times even hooted its approval.
  The whole group hooted and cheered loudly, the guys were whooping at Cindy.
  The entire class hooted with laughter, and poor Mr Abbott just looked a bit confused.
  Captain Ed, J. B. Doubtless and I all hooted at that scenario.
  Why should I care if your wife hoots in derision at my sock-clad feet?
  They started whistling and hooting and yelling at me in Spanish.
  Synonyms
  shout, yell, cry, howl, scream, shriek, whoop, whistle
3. 1.3hoot something downwith object Express loud scornful disapproval of something.
  （表示轻蔑与不赞成的）大声嘲弄，大声嘲笑
  his questions were hooted down or answered obscenely
  他的问题不是受到大声嘲笑，就是遭到猥亵话作答。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Lots of advertisers, I predict, will buy time and space from YouTube, only to have users hoot it down.
  Why should we not apply this argument to the idiosyncrasy of a nation, and pause in our haste to hoot it down?
  Aircraft altitude and noise control measures were brought to the City Council, although the audience hooted it down and the resolution was not adopted.
  Some thirty years ago when I suggested at Boeing that software should be distributed in source-code form, the idea was hooted down and rejected out of hand.
  As a result it appeared that we were somehow forcing the proposal down their throats, and members hooted it down.
  When they tried to speak, however, the crowd hooted them down with cries of ‘We want Teddy’'.
  Somebody came up with this at a brainstorming meeting and nobody else had the good sense to hoot it down then.

Phrases

not care (or give) a hoot (or two hoots)

informal Not care at all.
〈非正式〉根本不在乎
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't give two hoots what colour the British are, I care only that they subscribe to British values.
- He recently told the Telegraph, ‘I have never given two hoots what people I don't know and don't respect have to say about me.’
- If you don't care a hoot, then you don't want to know.
- ‘I don't give two hoots if something is authentic or experimental, as long as it tastes good,’ asserts Barbara Tropp.
- There are some people who don't give two hoots about the welfare of wildlife around the country.
- If people are not happy with that, I don't give two hoots.
- Families claimed that the council didn't give two hoots for their rubbish-strewn neighbourhood.
- I'm the kind of guy who can like an actor like Charlton Heston on screen and not give a hoot if he's also a right wing gun nut on the side.
- Of course, powerful white guys in suits don't give two hoots about obscure countries with exotic-sounding names unless there's a buck to be made.
- Ninety percent of people here don't give two hoots.
Synonyms
care, be concerned, mind, be bothered, be interested

Origin

Middle English (in the sense ‘make sounds of derision’): perhaps imitative.

词汇	hoot
释义	Definition of hoot in English: hoot noun huːthut 1A low, wavering musical sound which is the typical call of many kinds of owl. 低沉（或不高不低）的叫声（常颤抖或时断时续，为多种猫头鹰的典型叫声） Example sentencesExamples I'm tired of their whistles and hoots and tweets. The hair at the back of her head rose to its ends as she heard the noises of the cicadas, hoots of owls and soft hissing as she ambled along. The sounds merge with the occasional hoot of the Jungle Owlet. She heard the hoot of a night bird telling her it was nighttime. Various yelps, hoots, screams, squawks, and other vocalizations are used by many species of primates and birds to herald the approach of predators to relatives and other members of the same species. And the hoots and screeches they make while doing so are the most horrifying noises I've ever heard. His 5 AM, noon, or midnight hoots coincided almost exactly with the passing of a Chicago police car. The howls of the wolves and the hoots of owls were the only things that they heard. The animals of the desert call to each other, muffled hoots and howls in the darkness. The sky darkened, and mysterious howls and hoots came from every direction. The sound of crickets, mosquitoes, and the occasional hoot of an owl pierced the deafening silence. Occasionally hoots, screams and other nocturnal noises interrupted our sleep. They live and travel in small groups, communicating and expressing their moods with a variety of hoots, grunts, roars, and screams. Although tawny owls are reputed to have a hoot, this one whistled, which is probably why it is often referred to in the books as a screech owl. He listened carefully, but only heard their footsteps, the light lapping of the water on the shore, and the screeching hoots and calls of any number of animals that lived in the Riverlands and the island. The night was still and no sound was heard, apart from the occasional hoot of the owl, the master of the shadows. We never tired of the stunning view, and at night the sky was full of stars, the lights twinkled from houses dotted among the trees and olive groves and the only sound was the strange hoot of the little Scops owls. A northerly wind rustled in her hair, carrying the sounds of the night, the hoots and calls of young and old birds alike, the guttural calls of larger animals. She heard cricket chirps, the occasional owl hoot, and the sound of a nearby raccoon. Silent at sea, these birds are the nosiest of the Auklets when in the breeding colonies, vocalizing with groans, low hoots, grunts, and barking calls. Synonyms cry, call, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo 1.1 A raucous sound made by a horn, siren, or steam whistle. （喇叭、警笛或汽笛的）低沉刺耳的鸣声 Example sentencesExamples As copious steam clouds and sharp hoots pierce the morning calm, an air of excitement and expectation is palpable among those who have got into the coaches. There was the sound of thunder and of game shooting and the hoot and whistle of steam trains. He added that the police drivers are forced to use long hoots and use the siren unnecessarily to clear the traffic going in the front. This must be one of the few parts of the world where wine, walking and sea air are bound up with the hoot of the whistle and the hiss of the brakes. And even if they do stagger, it's just from the bar to their car, which deprives them of miles of good staggering, a fun game of hide and seek with your destination and the gleeful hoots of passing motorists. The procession made its lively way twice around the town, to the accompaniment of brass band music, the ear-splitting hoots of steam engines, The Velfrey Queen and Pride of Freystrop, and the applause of spectators. It was only when Paisley caused merriment by referring to a hoot of the ship's horn as ‘the Pope blowing his nose’ that Reynolds made a break for it and ran for his life. You're alerted to this fact by any one of a number of beeps, hoots and whistles, or by the more discreet vibrating option. If I see anything, I have a list of people to ring around and they ring other people and alert people with hoots of their car horn. The song can sound like hoots and whistles, in a repeating pattern similar to that of a mockingbird or thrasher. To shouts of ‘coward’ and the hoot of the hunting horn, Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael arrived at Kendal on Friday to deliver a keynote speech on rural services. Synonyms blast, blare, sound, beep, meep, honk, toot 1.2 A shout expressing scorn or disapproval. 表示轻蔑（或不赞成）的叫声 there were hoots of derision 有嘲笑的叫声。 Example sentencesExamples When finally they broke apart, a series of hoots and suggestive whistles drifted up from the rest of them (me excluded of course.) I turned away and hurried into the doctor's quarters to see Elizabeth, hoots and hollers echoing behind me. Her audience released a volley of claps, whistles and hoots. That produced catcalls, hoots, some lip-smacking noises, and a shouted request for a date. There were various hoots and whistles as chairs were moved and people shifted around so the new pair could sit next to each other. Attempts to show that various inhumane practices are technically legal will be met by the hoots of outrage they deserve. The moment Qambar's hard, sly face appeared on the screen, the gloomy living room lit up with hoots, howls, clapping and whistling. All the audience broke into various hoots and gave her a standing ovation. There were hoots of mock derision and cries of joy in the Kobe Wing Stadium last night. From now on, any government urging military action for moral purpose will face hoots of derision and howls of scepticism. That earned a round of hoots and a barrage of shirts and towels. And on those rare occasions when she attempts a one-liner, it is met with hoots of derision. The gym erupted in yells and hoots and whistles. A chorus of hoots greeted his attempt at solemnity. Tremblay urged him, questioning his honesty, to hoots and laughter. There were a couple of hoots and whistles from the men in our squad, but she silenced them with a glare that could kill. Suddenly, he heard hoots and whistles coming from the football table. There were a lot of hoots from the spectators which was making us nervous ’, the girls said. Without another word, she pulled open the classroom door, but before we could enter, a few hoots and howls drew our attention. There are plenty of hoots and whistles, derision for the woman's coy smile and smeared-on lipstick. Synonyms shout, yell, cry, howl, scream, shriek, whoop, whistle boo, hiss, jeer, mock, taunt, catcall informal raspberry 1.3 A short outburst of laughter. 短促的笑声 the audience broke into hoots of laughter 观众爆发出阵阵笑声。 Example sentencesExamples ‘I was encouraged to consider a career in dietetics,’ she reveals with a hoot of laughter. There were hoots of laughter when the development was described as being 60 to 70 metres from the cliff edge. Every lesson was like Russian roulette as students gingerly placed their bottoms onto their seats in case it finally gave up the ghost and left them sprawling on the floor to hoots of laughter. I laughed again and glanced to my right where Thomas was sitting on his horse with a grin forming on his lips and he let out a hoot. Rolling her eyes, she complied, and then jumped through a number of metaphorical hoops for them, welcoming their applause and hoots of laughter when she screwed up particularly badly. He went off in hoots of laughter again, while Mina crossed her arms and glowered at him. There's a silence that I fill with hoots of laughter. There are three shows, however, that make the best use of the new-sitcom style, and they don't require recorded hoots and hollers to prove they're funny. The remark, made to journalists in New Zealand, was greeted with hoots of laughter. Why then is the President's proposal not met with hoots of derisive laughter, or perhaps with a grave suggestion that he be examined, so as to determine the cause of this delusional pattern of thought? Charles brought hoots of laughter when he told them a local man had attempted to sell him a shire horse. The entire crowd burst into hoots of laughter and began to urge Faorin on. I laughed softly, but she bust out into full on hysterical fits of doubled-over, knee slapping hoots. Kyle let out a hoot of laughter over Aiden's opinion. When I mentioned the latest bad press, their reticence gave way to hoots of derisory laughter and genuine indignation. Grandma burst into hoots of laughter and we all stared at her, slightly disturbed. That brings hoots and teasing from all my friends around us of course. ‘The personal shoppers were fluttering around outside, petrified there would be some big debacle, but when she came out she was in hoots of laughter,’ says Gray. This was greeted by hoots of laughter which, worryingly, seemed mostly to come from the seats behind him. As she spoke on the phone, a hoot of laughter erupted in the background. Synonyms guffaw, howl, hoot, shriek 1.4a hootinformal An amusing situation or person. 〈非正式〉有趣的情形（或人） your mum's a real hoot 你妈妈真是个有趣的人。 Example sentencesExamples Kids find Carrey's manic high jinks a hoot, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas grossed $55 million on its first weekend. The LSO / Michael Tilson Thomas version was a hoot and full of musical treasures. Anytime Foley stumbles on-screen with a mustache on his baby face, it's a hoot. The ‘Facial Aerobics’ skit was a hoot, while the beheading of a screaming woman was not. Calgarians thought it was a hoot, and passers-by steadily erupted into laughter. While Grease doesn't rank as an all time favorite in the musical genre, it is a hoot. There isn't much comedy in the film, unless you consider an actor walking around with a prosthetic penis a hoot. Anyway, their excuse was that my behavior was becoming too erratic, which is a hoot since they know better than anyone that it's all part of the Plan. Synonyms amusing person, character, clown, somebody very funny amusing situation, piece of fun, something very funny informal scream, laugh, card, case, one, riot, giggle, lark, barrel of laughs informal, dated caution verb huːthut [no object] 1(of an owl) utter a hoot. （猫头鹰）叫 owls hooted, the new moon rose Example sentencesExamples Then he hooted twice, and began to roll it up to fit perfectly inside the little metal tube, careful not to put dents in the side from his beak. An owl hooted above us as we walked through the forest. Usually Mr. Glinner found forests to be alive with activity; chirping crickets, hooting owls, hunting mountain lions, and hungry bears. As I padded gently through the crispy grass alongside Davis, I picked up on the sound of an owl hooting softly in the distance. The most important thing is that this is a place where you can still hear the owls hoot at night. If we were seated around a fire and an owl hooted or a bush-baby cried in the dark, witchcraft was blamed and the narration of folk tales was abandoned. Somewhere an owl hooted, and Dwayn's face seemed to get a little redder in the night. An owl hooted softly, and Rick's nose caught the smell of honeysuckle. He stopped at the edge of the garden and waited for a few moments; an owl hooted in the forest and the man crouched low, swiftly crossing the short distance to the forest. The odd flying fox glided over the valley and owls hooted in the distance. In the distance, he could hear wolves barking, even closer, owls hooting. Early Indian horror films tended to make use of creaking doors, hooting owls, whining dogs and howling winds - similar to the tools used by Britain's famed House of Hammer. An owl hooted somewhere on the edge of the woods surrounding the farm. A owl hooted in the distance and the crickets chirruped. A flock of owls swooped through her tower lands, hooting shrilly. Owls hooted in the treetops, while other nocturnal animals came out to forage for food. Crickets chirped, owls hooted, and cicadas caterwauled in screechy harmony. The only sound to be heard was the quiet whistling of the wind through the trees and the occasional owl hooting somewhere off in the distance. What I assumed were owls hooting through the trees turned out to be wolves. Synonyms cry, call, utter a hoot, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo 1.1 (with reference to a car horn, siren, etc.) make or cause to make a hoot. a car horn hooted, frightening her with object Sam hooted his horn Example sentencesExamples Passing cars hooted as the march wound its way around two blocks and back again. Fans had chanted Maradona's name while passing buses and cars had hooted their horns since his arrival. From a nearby station, arriving and departing trains hooted at regular intervals. One Saturday evening in Sao Tome town, quiet but for the odd hooting of horns from truck-loads of people going to a wedding reception, a group of lads beckoned me to join them on the street corner. A van and a car waiting behind me finally hooted with impatience so I grasped the wheel with both hands and slid between some cyclists, a Smart car, a Ford Focus, a moped and two pedestrians to the safety of the other side. Immediately after the match ended, hooting cars filled the Avenue des Champs-Elysees, a modern tradition whenever there is cause to celebrate. Have any of these people an idea how irritating and stressful the hooting of cars can be? I was interrupted by the hooting of a car, I turned trying to eye up the cars speculatively. Several members of staff at County Hall, one of them a cripple, had to scatter while crossing Penrhyn Road because a car, hooting loudly, was coming towards them at a fast pace. Even prisoners going in and out of Strangeways have been banging on the van windows as they've passed by and we've had police cars and fire engines hooting us too. In countries all around the world we hear the hooting of horns but have you ever stopped to think what it all means? The Dr. turned on his electric train that beeped, whistled, hooted, and howled around the table. A very large number of followers attended both games and followed the winners in both games with horns hooting to Bunclody. Horns hooting and cheers of joy filled the air in the popular fishing harbour, which has really been put on the map because of the Diva's success. Can they recall the siren that called the men to work daily and hooted also to conclude the end of a day's work? While police presence was a deterrent to hooliganism at the beach or Island grounds where the trade fair is being held, the same could not be said about the MTC buses with footpath travel and it was a day of endless hooting of horns. At Gore's residence in Washington DC, car horns hooted, signalling their approval of the decision as the vice president heard the news with his wife, Tipper. In the narrow road, tut-tut taxis hooted at each other. As the cavalcade of over 25 cars passed through Glenade that evening, the sheep in McGloin's meadow huddled together bewildered by the hooting horns and flashing lights. There has been a stream of people coming to stand on the picket, most cars hoot in solidarity against the war. Synonyms sound, blare, blast, beep, honk, toot, make a loud sound 1.2 Shout loudly in scorn, disapproval, or merriment. （人）（表示轻蔑、不赞成或快乐的）喊叫声 she began to hoot with laughter 她开始呵呵大笑。 Example sentencesExamples Her friends started clapping loudly, hooting and hollering as Scarlet just blushed. The crowd was on its feet hooting and yelling about it. Captain Ed, J. B. Doubtless and I all hooted at that scenario. The whole group hooted and cheered loudly, the guys were whooping at Cindy. Anyway, she told this joke that I thought was so funny I hooted with laughter, which was quite embarrassing as the rest of the audience only tittered politely. Audiences in Bombay's derelict Art-Deco cinema halls often hoot and whistle when their hero vanquishes a villain. Why should I care if your wife hoots in derision at my sock-clad feet? We're shrieking and yelling and hooting and clapping and stomping - telling this man just how much we love him. It always made Norman hoot with laughter no matter how many times I read it. In response, the crowd cheered and at times even hooted its approval. Landon slapped his knee and hooted with laughter. They started whistling and hooting and yelling at me in Spanish. We know precisely why most people will wish to see it, and it has a whole lot more to do with urges to hoot and jeer and taunt than with any sober discharging of civil responsibilities. And the audience claps and hoots instinctively every time such muscle-flexing occurs. Moving to the rhythm, Jason starting dancing in a slow sexy way; this made Rebecca and Kale hoot and laugh even more. ‘We hooted with laughter,’ says 17-year-old Ross Archibald. They screamed, jeered and hooted at the screen. French fans hooted at her again on Thursday when she questioned calls or bounced her racquet in frustration. The entire class hooted with laughter, and poor Mr Abbott just looked a bit confused. Please read the article while endeavoring not to laugh, chortle, snicker, hoot or whistle. Synonyms shout, yell, cry, howl, scream, shriek, whoop, whistle boo, hiss, jeer, mock, taunt, catcall informal blow raspberries 1.3hoot something down Express loud scornful disapproval of something. （表示轻蔑与不赞成的）大声嘲弄，大声嘲笑 his questions were hooted down or answered obscenely 他的问题不是受到大声嘲笑，就是遭到猥亵话作答。 Example sentencesExamples Some thirty years ago when I suggested at Boeing that software should be distributed in source-code form, the idea was hooted down and rejected out of hand. Aircraft altitude and noise control measures were brought to the City Council, although the audience hooted it down and the resolution was not adopted. Somebody came up with this at a brainstorming meeting and nobody else had the good sense to hoot it down then. As a result it appeared that we were somehow forcing the proposal down their throats, and members hooted it down. When they tried to speak, however, the crowd hooted them down with cries of ‘We want Teddy’'. Why should we not apply this argument to the idiosyncrasy of a nation, and pause in our haste to hoot it down? Lots of advertisers, I predict, will buy time and space from YouTube, only to have users hoot it down. Phrases not care (or give) a hoot (or two hoots) informal Not care at all. 〈非正式〉根本不在乎 there's no point in asking about something that nobody gives two hoots about Example sentencesExamples He recently told the Telegraph, ‘I have never given two hoots what people I don't know and don't respect have to say about me.’ Families claimed that the council didn't give two hoots for their rubbish-strewn neighbourhood. ‘I don't give two hoots if something is authentic or experimental, as long as it tastes good,’ asserts Barbara Tropp. If you don't care a hoot, then you don't want to know. There are some people who don't give two hoots about the welfare of wildlife around the country. I'm the kind of guy who can like an actor like Charlton Heston on screen and not give a hoot if he's also a right wing gun nut on the side. If people are not happy with that, I don't give two hoots. Of course, powerful white guys in suits don't give two hoots about obscure countries with exotic-sounding names unless there's a buck to be made. I don't give two hoots what colour the British are, I care only that they subscribe to British values. Ninety percent of people here don't give two hoots. Synonyms care, be concerned, mind, be bothered, be interested Origin Middle English (in the sense 'make sounds of derision'): perhaps imitative. Rhymes acute, argute, astute, beaut, Beirut, boot, bruit, brut, brute, Bute, butte, Canute, cheroot, chute, commute, compute, confute, coot, cute, depute, dilute, dispute, flute, galoot, impute, jute, loot, lute, minute, moot, newt, outshoot, permute, pollute, pursuit, recruit, refute, repute, route, salute, Salyut, scoot, shoot, Shute, sloot, snoot, subacute, suit, telecommute, Tonton Macoute, toot, transmute, undershoot, uproot, Ute, volute noun.1 phr. Definition of hoot in US English: hoot nounho͞othut 1A deep or medium-pitched musical sound, often wavering or interrupted, that is the typical call of many kinds of owl. 低沉（或不高不低）的叫声（常颤抖或时断时续，为多种猫头鹰的典型叫声） Example sentencesExamples Silent at sea, these birds are the nosiest of the Auklets when in the breeding colonies, vocalizing with groans, low hoots, grunts, and barking calls. A northerly wind rustled in her hair, carrying the sounds of the night, the hoots and calls of young and old birds alike, the guttural calls of larger animals. The night was still and no sound was heard, apart from the occasional hoot of the owl, the master of the shadows. We never tired of the stunning view, and at night the sky was full of stars, the lights twinkled from houses dotted among the trees and olive groves and the only sound was the strange hoot of the little Scops owls. His 5 AM, noon, or midnight hoots coincided almost exactly with the passing of a Chicago police car. The sounds merge with the occasional hoot of the Jungle Owlet. I'm tired of their whistles and hoots and tweets. The sky darkened, and mysterious howls and hoots came from every direction. The hair at the back of her head rose to its ends as she heard the noises of the cicadas, hoots of owls and soft hissing as she ambled along. Various yelps, hoots, screams, squawks, and other vocalizations are used by many species of primates and birds to herald the approach of predators to relatives and other members of the same species. And the hoots and screeches they make while doing so are the most horrifying noises I've ever heard. She heard cricket chirps, the occasional owl hoot, and the sound of a nearby raccoon. The howls of the wolves and the hoots of owls were the only things that they heard. He listened carefully, but only heard their footsteps, the light lapping of the water on the shore, and the screeching hoots and calls of any number of animals that lived in the Riverlands and the island. Occasionally hoots, screams and other nocturnal noises interrupted our sleep. The animals of the desert call to each other, muffled hoots and howls in the darkness. Although tawny owls are reputed to have a hoot, this one whistled, which is probably why it is often referred to in the books as a screech owl. They live and travel in small groups, communicating and expressing their moods with a variety of hoots, grunts, roars, and screams. She heard the hoot of a night bird telling her it was nighttime. The sound of crickets, mosquitoes, and the occasional hoot of an owl pierced the deafening silence. Synonyms cry, call, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo 1.1 A raucous sound made by a horn, siren, or steam whistle. （喇叭、警笛或汽笛的）低沉刺耳的鸣声 Example sentencesExamples The song can sound like hoots and whistles, in a repeating pattern similar to that of a mockingbird or thrasher. And even if they do stagger, it's just from the bar to their car, which deprives them of miles of good staggering, a fun game of hide and seek with your destination and the gleeful hoots of passing motorists. To shouts of ‘coward’ and the hoot of the hunting horn, Rural Affairs Minister Alun Michael arrived at Kendal on Friday to deliver a keynote speech on rural services. The procession made its lively way twice around the town, to the accompaniment of brass band music, the ear-splitting hoots of steam engines, The Velfrey Queen and Pride of Freystrop, and the applause of spectators. As copious steam clouds and sharp hoots pierce the morning calm, an air of excitement and expectation is palpable among those who have got into the coaches. It was only when Paisley caused merriment by referring to a hoot of the ship's horn as ‘the Pope blowing his nose’ that Reynolds made a break for it and ran for his life. If I see anything, I have a list of people to ring around and they ring other people and alert people with hoots of their car horn. He added that the police drivers are forced to use long hoots and use the siren unnecessarily to clear the traffic going in the front. There was the sound of thunder and of game shooting and the hoot and whistle of steam trains. You're alerted to this fact by any one of a number of beeps, hoots and whistles, or by the more discreet vibrating option. This must be one of the few parts of the world where wine, walking and sea air are bound up with the hoot of the whistle and the hiss of the brakes. Synonyms blast, blare, sound, beep, meep, honk, toot 1.2 A shout expressing scorn or disapproval. 表示轻蔑（或不赞成）的叫声 there were hoots of derision 有嘲笑的叫声。 Example sentencesExamples There were various hoots and whistles as chairs were moved and people shifted around so the new pair could sit next to each other. And on those rare occasions when she attempts a one-liner, it is met with hoots of derision. Tremblay urged him, questioning his honesty, to hoots and laughter. The gym erupted in yells and hoots and whistles. There are plenty of hoots and whistles, derision for the woman's coy smile and smeared-on lipstick. That earned a round of hoots and a barrage of shirts and towels. Without another word, she pulled open the classroom door, but before we could enter, a few hoots and howls drew our attention. When finally they broke apart, a series of hoots and suggestive whistles drifted up from the rest of them (me excluded of course.) That produced catcalls, hoots, some lip-smacking noises, and a shouted request for a date. Suddenly, he heard hoots and whistles coming from the football table. There were a couple of hoots and whistles from the men in our squad, but she silenced them with a glare that could kill. The moment Qambar's hard, sly face appeared on the screen, the gloomy living room lit up with hoots, howls, clapping and whistling. I turned away and hurried into the doctor's quarters to see Elizabeth, hoots and hollers echoing behind me. Her audience released a volley of claps, whistles and hoots. There were a lot of hoots from the spectators which was making us nervous ’, the girls said. From now on, any government urging military action for moral purpose will face hoots of derision and howls of scepticism. Attempts to show that various inhumane practices are technically legal will be met by the hoots of outrage they deserve. All the audience broke into various hoots and gave her a standing ovation. A chorus of hoots greeted his attempt at solemnity. There were hoots of mock derision and cries of joy in the Kobe Wing Stadium last night. Synonyms shout, yell, cry, howl, scream, shriek, whoop, whistle 1.3 A short outburst of laughter. 短促的笑声 the audience broke into hoots of laughter 观众爆发出阵阵笑声。 Example sentencesExamples When I mentioned the latest bad press, their reticence gave way to hoots of derisory laughter and genuine indignation. Why then is the President's proposal not met with hoots of derisive laughter, or perhaps with a grave suggestion that he be examined, so as to determine the cause of this delusional pattern of thought? I laughed softly, but she bust out into full on hysterical fits of doubled-over, knee slapping hoots. That brings hoots and teasing from all my friends around us of course. ‘I was encouraged to consider a career in dietetics,’ she reveals with a hoot of laughter. There's a silence that I fill with hoots of laughter. The remark, made to journalists in New Zealand, was greeted with hoots of laughter. I laughed again and glanced to my right where Thomas was sitting on his horse with a grin forming on his lips and he let out a hoot. This was greeted by hoots of laughter which, worryingly, seemed mostly to come from the seats behind him. He went off in hoots of laughter again, while Mina crossed her arms and glowered at him. As she spoke on the phone, a hoot of laughter erupted in the background. There are three shows, however, that make the best use of the new-sitcom style, and they don't require recorded hoots and hollers to prove they're funny. There were hoots of laughter when the development was described as being 60 to 70 metres from the cliff edge. Kyle let out a hoot of laughter over Aiden's opinion. Rolling her eyes, she complied, and then jumped through a number of metaphorical hoops for them, welcoming their applause and hoots of laughter when she screwed up particularly badly. Every lesson was like Russian roulette as students gingerly placed their bottoms onto their seats in case it finally gave up the ghost and left them sprawling on the floor to hoots of laughter. Charles brought hoots of laughter when he told them a local man had attempted to sell him a shire horse. Grandma burst into hoots of laughter and we all stared at her, slightly disturbed. The entire crowd burst into hoots of laughter and began to urge Faorin on. ‘The personal shoppers were fluttering around outside, petrified there would be some big debacle, but when she came out she was in hoots of laughter,’ says Gray. Synonyms guffaw, howl, hoot, shriek 1.4a hootinformal An amusing situation or person. 〈非正式〉有趣的情形（或人） your mom's a real hoot 你妈妈真是个有趣的人。 Example sentencesExamples While Grease doesn't rank as an all time favorite in the musical genre, it is a hoot. Kids find Carrey's manic high jinks a hoot, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas grossed $55 million on its first weekend. The LSO / Michael Tilson Thomas version was a hoot and full of musical treasures. There isn't much comedy in the film, unless you consider an actor walking around with a prosthetic penis a hoot. The ‘Facial Aerobics’ skit was a hoot, while the beheading of a screaming woman was not. Anyway, their excuse was that my behavior was becoming too erratic, which is a hoot since they know better than anyone that it's all part of the Plan. Anytime Foley stumbles on-screen with a mustache on his baby face, it's a hoot. Calgarians thought it was a hoot, and passers-by steadily erupted into laughter. Synonyms amusing person, character, clown, somebody very funny verbho͞othut [no object] 1(of an owl) utter a hoot. （猫头鹰）叫 Example sentencesExamples In the distance, he could hear wolves barking, even closer, owls hooting. The odd flying fox glided over the valley and owls hooted in the distance. Owls hooted in the treetops, while other nocturnal animals came out to forage for food. The only sound to be heard was the quiet whistling of the wind through the trees and the occasional owl hooting somewhere off in the distance. As I padded gently through the crispy grass alongside Davis, I picked up on the sound of an owl hooting softly in the distance. An owl hooted above us as we walked through the forest. Crickets chirped, owls hooted, and cicadas caterwauled in screechy harmony. A flock of owls swooped through her tower lands, hooting shrilly. Somewhere an owl hooted, and Dwayn's face seemed to get a little redder in the night. An owl hooted softly, and Rick's nose caught the smell of honeysuckle. What I assumed were owls hooting through the trees turned out to be wolves. He stopped at the edge of the garden and waited for a few moments; an owl hooted in the forest and the man crouched low, swiftly crossing the short distance to the forest. If we were seated around a fire and an owl hooted or a bush-baby cried in the dark, witchcraft was blamed and the narration of folk tales was abandoned. Usually Mr. Glinner found forests to be alive with activity; chirping crickets, hooting owls, hunting mountain lions, and hungry bears. Early Indian horror films tended to make use of creaking doors, hooting owls, whining dogs and howling winds - similar to the tools used by Britain's famed House of Hammer. The most important thing is that this is a place where you can still hear the owls hoot at night. A owl hooted in the distance and the crickets chirruped. An owl hooted somewhere on the edge of the woods surrounding the farm. Then he hooted twice, and began to roll it up to fit perfectly inside the little metal tube, careful not to put dents in the side from his beak. Synonyms cry, call, utter a hoot, screech, tu-whit tu-whoo 1.1 (with reference to a horn, siren, etc.) make or cause to make a hoot. Example sentencesExamples A very large number of followers attended both games and followed the winners in both games with horns hooting to Bunclody. Several members of staff at County Hall, one of them a cripple, had to scatter while crossing Penrhyn Road because a car, hooting loudly, was coming towards them at a fast pace. Horns hooting and cheers of joy filled the air in the popular fishing harbour, which has really been put on the map because of the Diva's success. Have any of these people an idea how irritating and stressful the hooting of cars can be? In countries all around the world we hear the hooting of horns but have you ever stopped to think what it all means? While police presence was a deterrent to hooliganism at the beach or Island grounds where the trade fair is being held, the same could not be said about the MTC buses with footpath travel and it was a day of endless hooting of horns. Can they recall the siren that called the men to work daily and hooted also to conclude the end of a day's work? Even prisoners going in and out of Strangeways have been banging on the van windows as they've passed by and we've had police cars and fire engines hooting us too. At Gore's residence in Washington DC, car horns hooted, signalling their approval of the decision as the vice president heard the news with his wife, Tipper. One Saturday evening in Sao Tome town, quiet but for the odd hooting of horns from truck-loads of people going to a wedding reception, a group of lads beckoned me to join them on the street corner. In the narrow road, tut-tut taxis hooted at each other. I was interrupted by the hooting of a car, I turned trying to eye up the cars speculatively. A van and a car waiting behind me finally hooted with impatience so I grasped the wheel with both hands and slid between some cyclists, a Smart car, a Ford Focus, a moped and two pedestrians to the safety of the other side. Passing cars hooted as the march wound its way around two blocks and back again. Fans had chanted Maradona's name while passing buses and cars had hooted their horns since his arrival. The Dr. turned on his electric train that beeped, whistled, hooted, and howled around the table. Immediately after the match ended, hooting cars filled the Avenue des Champs-Elysees, a modern tradition whenever there is cause to celebrate. From a nearby station, arriving and departing trains hooted at regular intervals. As the cavalcade of over 25 cars passed through Glenade that evening, the sheep in McGloin's meadow huddled together bewildered by the hooting horns and flashing lights. There has been a stream of people coming to stand on the picket, most cars hoot in solidarity against the war. Synonyms sound, blare, blast, beep, honk, toot, make a loud sound 1.2 (of a person) make loud sounds of scorn, disapproval, or merriment. （人）（表示轻蔑、不赞成或快乐的）喊叫声 she began to hoot with laughter 她开始呵呵大笑。 Example sentencesExamples It always made Norman hoot with laughter no matter how many times I read it. French fans hooted at her again on Thursday when she questioned calls or bounced her racquet in frustration. And the audience claps and hoots instinctively every time such muscle-flexing occurs. Moving to the rhythm, Jason starting dancing in a slow sexy way; this made Rebecca and Kale hoot and laugh even more. The crowd was on its feet hooting and yelling about it. Landon slapped his knee and hooted with laughter. ‘We hooted with laughter,’ says 17-year-old Ross Archibald. We're shrieking and yelling and hooting and clapping and stomping - telling this man just how much we love him. Please read the article while endeavoring not to laugh, chortle, snicker, hoot or whistle. We know precisely why most people will wish to see it, and it has a whole lot more to do with urges to hoot and jeer and taunt than with any sober discharging of civil responsibilities. Her friends started clapping loudly, hooting and hollering as Scarlet just blushed. Audiences in Bombay's derelict Art-Deco cinema halls often hoot and whistle when their hero vanquishes a villain. They screamed, jeered and hooted at the screen. Anyway, she told this joke that I thought was so funny I hooted with laughter, which was quite embarrassing as the rest of the audience only tittered politely. In response, the crowd cheered and at times even hooted its approval. The whole group hooted and cheered loudly, the guys were whooping at Cindy. The entire class hooted with laughter, and poor Mr Abbott just looked a bit confused. Captain Ed, J. B. Doubtless and I all hooted at that scenario. Why should I care if your wife hoots in derision at my sock-clad feet? They started whistling and hooting and yelling at me in Spanish. Synonyms shout, yell, cry, howl, scream, shriek, whoop, whistle 1.3hoot something downwith object Express loud scornful disapproval of something. （表示轻蔑与不赞成的）大声嘲弄，大声嘲笑 his questions were hooted down or answered obscenely 他的问题不是受到大声嘲笑，就是遭到猥亵话作答。 Example sentencesExamples Lots of advertisers, I predict, will buy time and space from YouTube, only to have users hoot it down. Why should we not apply this argument to the idiosyncrasy of a nation, and pause in our haste to hoot it down? Aircraft altitude and noise control measures were brought to the City Council, although the audience hooted it down and the resolution was not adopted. Some thirty years ago when I suggested at Boeing that software should be distributed in source-code form, the idea was hooted down and rejected out of hand. As a result it appeared that we were somehow forcing the proposal down their throats, and members hooted it down. When they tried to speak, however, the crowd hooted them down with cries of ‘We want Teddy’'. Somebody came up with this at a brainstorming meeting and nobody else had the good sense to hoot it down then. Phrases not care (or give) a hoot (or two hoots) informal Not care at all. 〈非正式〉根本不在乎 Example sentencesExamples I don't give two hoots what colour the British are, I care only that they subscribe to British values. He recently told the Telegraph, ‘I have never given two hoots what people I don't know and don't respect have to say about me.’ If you don't care a hoot, then you don't want to know. ‘I don't give two hoots if something is authentic or experimental, as long as it tastes good,’ asserts Barbara Tropp. There are some people who don't give two hoots about the welfare of wildlife around the country. If people are not happy with that, I don't give two hoots. Families claimed that the council didn't give two hoots for their rubbish-strewn neighbourhood. I'm the kind of guy who can like an actor like Charlton Heston on screen and not give a hoot if he's also a right wing gun nut on the side. Of course, powerful white guys in suits don't give two hoots about obscure countries with exotic-sounding names unless there's a buck to be made. Ninety percent of people here don't give two hoots. Synonyms care, be concerned, mind, be bothered, be interested Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘make sounds of derision’): perhaps imitative. noun.1 phr.
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