"treat with disdain or contempt" (transitive), 1550s, intransitive sense "mock, jeer, scoff" is from 1570s; of uncertain origin; perhaps a special use of Middle English flowten "to play the flute" (compare Middle Dutch fluyten "to play the flute," also "to jeer"). Related: Flouted; flouting.
中文解释
1. flute => flout (弹奏长笛的一些特殊调子本身就暗含一种嘲弄、奚落的意味) "whistle, play the flute, hiss (in derision)".2. flout + jeer => fleer.3. 一起飞出去是鸟人，受蔑视。飞出去却遭到蔑视。4. flout the laws 蔑视法律。5. 谐音“服老土”-----嘲笑他衣服穿着很老土。6. lout ([废语]蔑视，藐视，看不起) => flout <= f-(谐音“肥、非、服”) + lout => 又肥又老土、非常的老土.7. 谐音“奚落他、戏弄他”(字母f去掉中间的那一横线，外形就很像音标中发音为“戏、奚”的那个音标).8. fly + out => flout: 无视法律规定、无视规矩、无视限制、无视禁令，飞出了禁区、飞出了界限，fly out of forbidden area.9. 直接无视你的禁令，就是要飞出禁区、飞出界限，就是要明知故犯，你能把我怎么的？
实用例句
1. Motorists regularly flout the law .
驾车者经常无视法律。
来自《权威词典》
2. No one can flout the rules and get away with it.
谁也不能违反这些规则而不被处分.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Timeshare companies also come in for a rap as they continue to flout the rules.
各分时度假公司也受到了批评，因为他们一直违反相关规则。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Meanwhile, corruption flourishes, and local officials openly flout environmental laws and regulations.
与此同时, 腐败盛行, 地方官员公然蔑视环境保护法和相关规章制度.
来自互联网
5. Many motorcyclists flout the law by not wearing helmets.