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单词 oh-oh
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oh-ohv.

Brit. /ˈəʊˌəʊ/, /ˈʌˌəʊ/, U.S. /ˈoʊˌoʊ/, /ˈəˌoʊ/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: oh, oh int.
Etymology: < oh, oh int.
1. intransitive. To say ‘oh, oh’.
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1833 R. H. Froude Remains (1838) I. 321 People would..‘Oh! oh!’
1901 Christian Evangelist 26 Sept. 1243/1 The children Oh-ohed! until a portly lady turned her beadlike eyes upon them accompanied with a withering look.
1942 Camp Harmony News-letter (Puyallup, Washington) 1 10 July 2/3 The Dick Tracy serial shown in Mess hall #1 had the area's youngsters oh-ohing expectantly.
1993 San Francisco Examiner (Nexis) 22 Sept. (Sports section) c1 Cal's punt returners looked like Barney the dinosaur was back there,..eyes blinking, oh-ohing out loud as the other team's players sprinted down the field.
2. transitive. To dismiss or express disapproval of (a thing) by, or as by, uttering ‘oh, oh.’ Obsolete.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)] > specific exclamations
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ahem1876
oh-my1893
hooch1896
yah1904
ooh1930
ooh-la-la1950
ooh-ooh1960
1833 R. H. Froude Remains (1838) I. 323 There is no chance of its being ‘Oh, oh!’-ed.
1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain (1876) ii. xix. 320 It is very well for secular historians to give up a tradition..and for a generation to oh-oh it; but the Church cannot do so.
1860 C. G. Duffy Australia at Bar of Public Opinion Eng. 17 The young bucks of the army, and some grey moustaches too, hooted and oh-oh'ed him from back benches.
1929 Deb. House of Commons (Canada) 19 Apr. II. 1744/2 Mr. Gott. I do not like to see a returned soldier ‘oh oh-ed’. Mr. Denis. I did not do so. Mr. Gott. You were either ‘oh ohing’ the returned soldier or me.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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