| 释义 |
▪ I. ew
obs. form of yew.
▪ II. ew, int. colloq. (orig. N. Amer.).
Brit. |ˈiː(j)uː|, U.S. |ˈi(j)u|
Forms: 19– euuw, 19– euuww, 19– euuwww, 19– euw, 19– euww, 19– euwww, 19– ew, 19– eww, 19– ewww; Forms with u occurring three or more times or w occurring four or more times are also occas. attested.
[Imitative. Compare ugh int. and n.1, ough int., ooh int., oh int.]
Used as an emphatic expression of disgust.
1978Washington Post 8 Sept. (Weekend section) 6/1 ‘Ewwww,’ said the kids. ‘They don't have very many manners.’ 1985Chicago Tribune 23 June iii. 8/4 It's a nuisance,..but it's better than having a friend exclaim involuntarily, ‘Ew, gross.’ 1996Q Jan. 93/2 And—eww!—kidneys and all those things you have. You guys eat so much insides! 1998San Diego Union-Tribune (Nexis) 27 Aug. e2 So sordid as to be impossible to discuss in public, or even private (because, euuw, who really wants to). 2003Smash Hits! 12 Nov. 60/3 What would you do if your mum started snogging your fella? Euw! How wrong is that? 2004Esquire Aug. 68/1 When..[he] won the gold in 2000 and chalked it up to a drink made from the stomach secretions of giant-hornet larvae, the response..was not Ewwwwww! but How can I get me some of that? 2007Philadelphia Feb. 103/2 Sex toys are so mainstream these days, you may just run into your boss, or, ew, your dad while shopping. |