资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Mock \Mock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mocked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Mocking}.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken
   to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.]
   1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt,
      or derision; to deride by mimicry.

            To see the life as lively mocked as ever Still sleep
            mocked death.                         --Shak.

            Mocking marriage with a dame of France. --Shak.

   2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.

            Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. --1 Kings
                                                  xviii. 27.

            Let not ambition mock their useful toil. --Gray.

   3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as,
      to mock expectation.

            Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. --Judg. xvi.
                                                  13.

            He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then
            snatch him hence.                     --Milton.

   Syn: To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint.
        See {Deride}.

Mocking \Mock"ing\, a.
   Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision;
   mimicking; derisive.

   {Mocking bird} (Zo["o]l.), a North American singing bird
      ({Mimus polyglottos}), remarkable for its exact imitations
      of the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail
      and wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing;
      the outer tail feathers are partly white. The name is also
      applied to other species of the same genus, found in
      Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies.

   {Mocking thrush} (Zo["o]l.), any species of the genus
      {Harporhynchus}, as the brown thrush ({H. rufus}).

   {Mocking wren} (Zo["o]l.), any American wren of the genus
      {Thryothorus}, esp. {T. Ludovicianus}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

mocking
     adj 1: abusing vocally; expressing contempt or ridicule; "derisive
            laughter"; "a jeering crowd"; "her mocking smile";
            "taunting shouts of `coward' and `sissy'" [syn: {derisive},
             {gibelike}, {jeering}, {taunting}]
     2: playfully vexing (especially by ridicule); "his face wore a
        somewhat quizzical almost impertinent air"- Lawrence
        Durrell [syn: {teasing}, {quizzical}]