pooh-pooh

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˌpuːˈpuː/    美 /ˈpuˈpu/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to diminish. transitive
    — [W]hen he went abroad with Dombey and was chasing that vagabond up and down France, J. Bagstock would have pooh-pooh'd you—would have pooh-pooh'd you, Sir, by the Lord!

词形变化

pooh-poohs present,singular,third-person pooh-poohing participle,present pooh-poohed participle,past pooh-poohed past poohpooh alternative poopoo alternative

词源

From a reduplication of pooh (“an utterance of the word pooh”).
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