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V-ERG
按（汽車喇叭）;（汽車喇叭）鳴響
If you hoot the horn on a vehicle or if it hoots, it makes a loud noise on one note.
例句
I never hoot my horn when I pick a girl up for a date...
我開車接女孩出去約會時從不按喇叭。
Somewhere in the distance a siren hooted...
遠處某個地方響起了警報聲。
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VERB
高聲大笑;（表示反對而）喊叫
If you hoot, you make a loud high-pitched noise when you are laughing or showing disapproval.
例句
The protesters chanted, blew whistles and hooted at the name of Governor Pete Wilson...
抗議者喊著口號、吹著哨子，并大聲尖叫著皮特·威爾遜州長的名字。
Bev hooted with laughter.
貝夫高聲大笑。
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VERB
（貓頭鷹）發出鳴叫聲
When an owl hoots, it makes a sound like a long 'oo'.
例句
Out in the garden an owl hooted suddenly.
外面的花園里突然有一只貓頭鷹嗚嗚地叫起來。
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N-SING
滑稽可笑的人（或事物）
If you say that someone or something is a hoot, you think they are very amusing.
例句
Michael Fish is my favourite. He's a hoot, a real character.
我最喜歡邁克爾·菲什。他滑稽逗趣，是個實實在在的人物。
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PHRASE
毫不在乎;根本不在意
If you say that you don'tgive a hoot or don't care two hoots about something, you are emphasizing that you do not care at all about it.
例句
Alan doesn't care two hoots about Irish politics...
艾倫對愛爾蘭政治毫不關心。
They just don't give a hoot.
他們根本毫不在乎。