※ 引述《ine810211 (慎慎要上進)》之銘言：
: 抱歉有點愚昧的請問
: 關於這五個嘲笑單字的用法
: sneer
冷笑 - 優秀的我在旁邊冷眼看著丟臉的你所做出的微笑或聲音。
The duchess sneered at the young girl's lack of court etiquette, and left her
red-faced and embarassed in front of the queen.
女爵看到小女孩不懂宮廷禮儀，不禁冷笑，讓她晾在女王面前丟人現眼。
: mock
模仿式的嘲笑
The TA mocked the undergraduates' ignorance: "and he was, like, 'how do I
turn this on?'"
研究助理時常嘲笑大學生的無知：「然後他問，阿要怎麼開機？」
: ridicule
嘲笑 - 抓住對方某點問題，拿來開玩笑
His political enemies often ridiculed his eagle beak of a nose, and called him
'hawkish' despite his membership in the Peace Party.
雖然他是和平黨的黨員，政敵還是常常因為他的鼻子彎曲如鷹喙，而笑他是「鷹派」。
: scoff
嘲笑 - 公開嘲笑某事為無用，或藐視某事，或嗤之以鼻
The president scoffed at the rebel's victory, and vowed that government
troops will crush them within year's end.
總統對叛軍的勝利嗤之以鼻，並保證政府軍將在年底以前平定他們。
: jeer
大聲嘲笑 - 一般公開且較大聲
He jeered Obama at a rally, "aren't you an American? Show me your birth
certificate!"
他在歐巴馬的集會上大聲嘲笑他「阿你不是美國人嗎？出生證明拿出來呀!」
先醬~