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单词 phoo
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phooint.

Brit. /fuː/, U.S. /fu/
Forms: 1600s– phoo, 1900s– phooh, 1900s– phooo. Forms with o occurring four or more times are also occasionally attested.
Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.
Etymology: Imitative. Compare phew int., pho int., pooh int., and also faugh int., pah int., phah n., pfui int., phooey int.
1. Expressing contemptuous rejection, cursory dismissal (of a proposition, idea, etc.), disagreement, or reproach.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > exclamations of contempt [interjection] > exclamations of contemptuous rejection
pho1601
phoo1672
poh1679
hoot1681
hoots1824
poof1824
to shove something up your ass1895
nuts1910
1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal iv. 38 Phoo! that is to raise the character of Drawcansir.
1673 R. Leigh Transproser Rehears'd 20 Phoo! reply'd a Friend of the Transprosers.
1702 S. Centlivre Beau's Duel i. i. 5 Phoo, that's unreasonable again; why nothing, nothing, but a little harmless Mirth or so.
1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. x. 86Phoo, Charles,’ interrupted she, ‘all that is very true.’
1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. xv. 305 Phoo! Phoo! Do not be so shamefaced. View more context for this quotation
1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 43 I..inquired how the untoward event had originated. ‘Originated!—phoo, phoo—no such thing. It was done on purpose.’
1933 ‘N. West’ Miss Lonelyhearts in Novels & Other Writings (1997) 66 I spit on them all. Phooh! And I call upon you to spit. Phooh!
1987 L. A. Murray Daylight Moon 54 She coughed and spat Phoo! I'll be damned if I'll die.
2. Expressing discomfort, disgust, weariness, or relief.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > sound to express weariness or exhaustion [interjection]
heigh-hoa1556
phoo1800
1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 118 Phoo, I've cut myself with this razor.
1884 D. Boucicault Shaughraun i. i. 5 Phoo! How my arms ache!
1902 J. Conrad Heart of Darkness ii. Hippo-meat..went rotten and made the mystery of the wilderness stink in my nostrils. Phoo! I can sniff it now.
1978 ‘J. Lymington’ Waking of Stone i. 26 She..dropped on the seat and went, ‘Phooo!’
1999 R. Green & M. Burgess Knight in White Satin Armor (HBO TV shooting script) 1 in Sopranos 2nd Ser. (O.E.D. Archive) Phoo. Gimme a sec.’ They stop to rest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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