pooh-pooh
英 ['pu:'pu:]
美
- vt. 藐视
- vi. 发呸声
- int. 呸！
词态变化
第三人称单数: pooh-poohs;过去式: pooh-poohed;过去分词: pooh-poohed;现在分词: pooh-poohing;
英文词源
- pooh-pooh (v.)
- "to dismiss lightly and contemptuously," 1827, a slang reduplication of dismissive expression pooh. Among the many 19th century theories of the origin of language was the Pooh-pooh theory (1860), which held that language grew from natural expressions of surprise, joy, pain, or grief.