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单词 ooh
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oohv.

Brit. //, U.S. /u/
Forms: 1900s– oo, 1900s– ooh.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: ooh int.
Etymology: < ooh int. Compare earlier oh v., ah v.
1. intransitive. To say ‘ooh’. Esp. in to ooh and ah (cf. ah v.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)] > specific exclamations
ho1377
heave hoa1400
howc1450
whew1765
oh-oh1833
oh1837
yo-heave-ho1857
phew1858
ahem1876
oh-my1893
hooch1896
yah1904
ooh1930
ooh-la-la1950
ooh-ooh1960
c1836 G. Nelson First Winter in L. Peers & T. Schenck First Years in Fur Trade (2002) 64 We heard an owl ooing in the woods.]
1930 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) iii. 28 Aunt Jessie, with eyes twinkling, ooh-ed and ah-ed to my heart's content.
1965 J. B. Priestley Lost Empires iii. x. 273 People laughed and clapped and Oo'd and Ah'd.
1994 Weekend Austral. 16 July (Review Suppl.) 3/5 Streisand oohed and aahed over a spectral dream date.
2000 A. Rosenthal Jerusalem, Take One ii. 37 With all the ‘awing’ and ‘oohing’ at the shrimps and the crabs, I'm sure the place was packed the following Monday.
2.
a. transitive. To express by making the sound ‘ooh’. rare.
ΚΠ
1961 W. Sansom Last Hours of Sandra Lee 112 Mouths ooed and nummed noises of appreciation.
1970 G. Corso Elegiac Feelings Amer. iii. 9 How we knew to feel each dawn, to ooh and aah each golden sorrow and helplessness coast to coast.
b. transitive. to ooh one's way: to say ‘ooh’ continually or repeatedly whilst engaged in an activity such as reading an article, etc.
ΚΠ
1971 A. Morice Death of Gay Dog xiii. 141 He..oohed and ahed his way through the column in quite the proper spirit.
1997 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 11 Apr. b8/3 A handful of youngsters..oohed their way through a six-minute aerial tour.
2000 M. Barrowcliffe Girlfriend 44 i. 36 Lydia had ummed, ahhed and oohed her way through three pages before her next intelligible comment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

oohint.n.

Brit. //, U.S. /u/
Forms: 1600s 1800s– oo, 1600s 1900s– oooh, 1600s– ooh, 1900s– ooo, 1900s– ooohh. Forms with o occurring four or more times are also occasionally attested.
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: O int.
Etymology: Probably a variant of O int., intended to express a longer or stronger sound. Compare earlier oh int. and n.1
A. int.
Expressing contextually a variety of emotions, as pain, surprise, wonder, disapproval, etc. In later use frequently humorous or ironic.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations
oeOE
heya1225
ouc1300
we13..
hac1320
how1377
how now?c1380
vaha1382
ha a!c1386
ha ha!c1386
hoa1400
ohoa1400
yowc1440
yoa1475
heh1475
hey ho?c1475
huffc1485
wemaya1500
whewa1500
wow1513
huffa?1520
gup?1528
ist1540
whow1542
hougha1556
whoo1570
good-now1578
ooh1602
phew1604
highday1606
huh1608
whoo-whoop1611
sessaa1616
tara1672
hegh1723
hip1735
waugha1766
whoofa1766
jee1786
goody1796
yaw1797
hech1808
whoo-ee1811
whizz1812
yah1812
soh1815
sirs1816
how1817
quep1822
soho1825
ow1834
ouch1838
pfui1838
suz1844
shoo1845
yoop1847
upsadaisy1862
houp-la1870
hooch1871
nu1892
ouff1898
upsy1903
oo-er1909
ooh-wee1910
eina1913
oops1921
whoopsie1923
whoops-a-daisy1925
hot-cha-cha1929
upsadaisy1929
walla1929
hotcha1931
hi-de-ho1936
po po po1936
ho-de-ho1941
oh, oh1944
oopsy1956
chingas1984
bambi2007
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. L4 Sir Vau. Flea off this hairie skin M. Horace.., vntruuse, vntrusse... Hor. Ooh—Tu. Nay, your oohs, nor your Callin-oes cannot serue your turne.
1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice iii Vengeance on all wild whores, I say,—oh, 'tis true; Farewell generation of Hackneyes.—ooh. dyes.
1696 T. D'Urfey Comical Hist. Don Quixote: 3rd Pt. ii. i. 12 Oo—I'm asham'd.
1781 M. P. Andrews Dissipation iv. i. 50 Oh, it wash very unguarded ting; and brings disgrace upon us all. Ooh! ooh!
1797 F. Reynolds Will iv. 50 I may breathe again, I suppose.—Ooh—ooh! [Breathing violently]—So, you're not an apparition then—you're only a robber?
1798 G. Colman Heir at Law iv. i. 55 My sweet Miss Caroline, don't grieve! Ooh, the devil! my ould heart's as full as a basket of eggs.
1845 H. W. Herbert Warwick Woodlands 24 Ooh! but we'se mak grand sport o't!
1862 W. Barnes Poems of Rural Life 129 Ooh! ooh! the thorns do prick.
1916 E. O'Neill Bound East for Cardiff in Provincetown Plays 1st Ser. 16 It hurts like hell—here... I guess my old pump's busted. Ooohh!
1965 B. Friel Philadelphia, here I Come! 39 Oooooh God! Priceless! Beautiful! Delightful!
1996 J. T. Hospital Oyster (1997) 69 Ooooooh, the men said, looking at each other and winking and clapping their sides.
B. n.
An utterance of ‘ooh’. In later use esp. in oohs and ahs (cf. ah int.).
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > other specific cries or exclamations
O?c1225
heyc1400
hoc1405
whoopc1450
oha1535
ooh1602
whowb1602
phew1613
hogmanay1692
ah1712
yo-hope1724
whew1751
whoo1763
yah1812
yo-heave-ho1813
yoicks1817
yo-he-ho1827
yo1830
boo1833
yoick1854
hot-cha-cha1932
ooh-la-la1952
ooh-ah1957
eina1971
eish2005
1602 T. Dekker Satiro-mastix sig. L4 Sir Vau. Flea off this hairie skin M. Horace.., vntruuse, vntrusse... Hor. Ooh—Tu. Nay, your oohs, nor your Callin-oes cannot serue your turne.
1654 R. Flecknoe Love's Dominion ii. v. 24 He his yet a more solemn fool in Prose, With's speech imbroder'd..With Oos and Aspirations, and never a word of sense in them.
1930 E. Waugh Vile Bodies vi. 96 Quite a large crowd had collected on either side of the awning to criticize the cloaks with appreciative ‘oohs’ and ‘ahs’ or contemptuous sniffs.
1964 L. Deighton Funeral in Berlin xlviii. 301 There was a great ‘Ooohh’ and ‘Aaahh’ as the rocket burst.
1994 Canad. Geographic 1994–5 Winter Catal. 26/1 Cuddly Raccoon: Just the cutest little raccoon... Sure to evoke oohs and ahhs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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