derision
[di'riʒәn]
n. 嘲笑

1. They greeted his suggestion with shouts of derision.
   建议片嘲弄喊声。
2. An object of scorn or derision.
   藐视嘲笑象
3. Causing or deserving laughter or derision.
   笑起值笑嘲笑

derision
[ noun ]

1. contemptuous laughter

<noun.communication>

2. the act of deriding or treating with contempt

<noun.act>

Derision \De*ri"sion\, n. [L. derisio: cf. F. d['e]rision. See
{Deride}.]
1. The act of deriding, or the state of being derided;
mockery; scornful or contemptuous treatment which holds
one up to ridicule.

He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh; the Lord
shall have them in derision. --Ps. ii. 4.

Satan beheld their plight,
And to his mates thus in derision called. --Milton.

2. An object of derision or scorn; a laughing-stock.

I was a derision to all my people. --Lam. iii.
14.

Syn: Scorn; mockery; contempt; insult; ridicule.