early 14c., "to comb (flax or hemp) with a heckle;" from heckle (n.) or from related Middle Dutch hekelen. Figurative meaning "to question severely in a bid to uncover weakness" is from late 18c. "Long applied in Scotland to the public questioning of parliamentary candidates" [OED]. Related: Heckled; heckling.
heckle (n.)
"flax comb," c. 1300, hechel, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English *hecel or a cognate Germanic word (such as Middle High German hechel, Middle Dutch hekel), from Proto-Germanic *hakila-, from PIE *keg- "hook, tooth" (see hook (n.)).
实用例句
1. The offending comment was in fact a heckle from an audience member.
这番冒犯性的话实际上是一名观众的诘难。
来自柯林斯例句
2. A small group of youths stayed behind to heckle and shout abuse.
一小群小青年没走，在起哄、叫骂。
来自柯林斯例句
3. He went to heckle at their meetings.
他去他们的会议起哄.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Europe has continued to haunt and heckle the American imagination.
欧洲终久还是紧紧缠着美国人的心,耿耿难安.
来自辞典例句
5. The reporter wanted to heckle the candidate with those embarrassing questions.
