Question of the Day #94

"Vicente Fox Mocks Trump’s Low Ratings: ‘If This Were TV, You’d Be Fired’"
Headline from this article at the Huffington Post.

上記の文で、mockの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "mock" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


【自動】 あざ笑う、ばかにする

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.

Etymology/語源

Online Etymology Dictionaryによると、

１５世紀中頃、古典フランス語のmocquer（あざ笑う、やじる）が語源とされている。

According to Online Etymology Dictionary:

mid-15c., mokken, "make fun of," also "to trick, delude, make a fool of, treat with scorn;" from Old French mocquer "deride, jeer," a word of unknown origin.

Examples

• It had to do with me having the audacity to mock their new savior Ted Cruz.
• ‘opposition MPs mocked the government's decision’
• ‘at Christmas, arguments and friction mock our pretence at peace’
• The wind mocked their attempts to reach the shore by pushing the boat further and further out to sea.