early 15c., "to deceive;" mid-15c. "make fun of," from Old French mocquer "deride, jeer," of unknown origin, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *muccare "to blow the nose" (as a derisive gesture), from Latin mucus; or possibly from Middle Dutch mocken "to mumble" or Middle Low German mucken "grumble." Or perhaps simply imitative of such speech. Related: Mocked; mocking; mockingly. Replaced Old English bysmerian. Sense of "imitating," as in mockingbird and mock turtle (1763), is from notion of derisive imitation.
mock (adj.)
1540s, from mock, verb and noun. Mock-heroic is attested from 1711, describing a satirical use of a serious form; mock-turtle "calf's head dressed to resemble a turtle," is from 1763; as a kind of soup from 1783.
mock (n.)
"derisive action or speech," early 15c., from mock (v.).
例文
1. He screwed his face into an expression of mock pain.
彼は顔を歪め、痛みを装った。
2.There 's a mock?up of the high street where the Goodwins go shopping.
グッドウィン一家が買い物に出かけた通りにはストリートモデルがある。
3."Flaterer,"she said giving him a mock reproving look.
「おべっか使い」彼女は嘲弄と非難を込めて彼を一目見て、言った。
4.One of them was subjected to a mock execution.
彼らのうちの1人が偽の処刑を受けた。
5. "Oh, I despair sometimes," he says in mock sorrow.