To heckle someone is to interrupt them while they are speaking or performing in public, and to try to embarrass them or throw them off. The shout may be a sharp joke, a rude question, or a loud “you’re wrong.” You hear it at comedy clubs, political speeches, and sometimes at sports.

To heckle someone喝倒采、嗆某人 is to interrupt them while they are speaking or performing in public就是在他們公開講話或表演時打斷他們, and to try to embarrass them or throw them off想讓他們難堪或亂了陣腳。 The shout may be a sharp joke那句喊話可能是一句尖銳的笑話, a rude question一個不客氣的問題, or a loud "you're wrong."或大聲喊「你錯了」。 You hear it at comedy clubs你會在喜劇俱樂部聽到這種事, political speeches政治演講, and sometimes at sports有時也在體育場合。

It can be half-playful — a comedian expecting it — or it can be hostile, meant to wreck the speech. You heckle a person or heckle a show.

It can be half-playful它可以是半開玩笑的 — a comedian expecting it——喜劇演員預期會遇到 — or it can be hostile或者也可以是充滿敵意的, meant to wreck the speech目的是要搞砸那場演講。 You heckle a person你可以嗆一個人 or heckle a show或嗆一場表演。

The word is informal but news writers use it freely.

The word is informal這個字是非正式用語 but news writers use it freely但新聞寫作者很自由地使用它。

Though actually, it first meant to comb flax with a spiky tool called a heckle; the “prickle and irritate” feeling moved from the plant fibres onto the speaker. That old farm sense is now rare; the crowd-shouting sense is the one everyone knows.

Though actually不過, it first meant to comb flax with a spiky tool called a heckle它原本是指用一種叫 heckle 的尖刺工具梳理亞麻; the "prickle and irritate" feeling那種「刺、惹人不快」的感覺 moved from the plant fibres onto the speaker就從植物纖維轉移到了講者身上。 That old farm sense is now rare那個古老的農事意思現在很少見了; the crowd-shouting sense is the one everyone knows大家熟悉的是台下嗆聲這個意思。