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单词 boo-hooing
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boo-hooingn.

Brit. /ˌbuːˈhuːɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌbuˈhuɪŋ/, Australian English /ˌbuːˈhuːɪŋ/, New Zealand English /ˌbuːˈhuːɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: boo-hoo v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < boo-hoo v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action or fact of weeping or sobbing noisily. Also in weakened use: the action or fact of lamenting or complaining, esp. in a manner viewed as unjustified or overly dramatic.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > noisy or profuse weeping
weeping tearsa1470
blubbering1579
blubberation1812
blubber1825
boo-hooing1841
1841 Boston Courier 12 July What is all this boo-hooing and blubbering about?
1850 W. M. Thackeray Rebecca & Rowena vii. 97 Little Ben Davids,..whose crying and boo-hooing as she finished speaking, was drowned in the screams and maledictions of the elder Israelites.
1890 Youth's Compan. 14 Aug. 1/4 If boo-hooing at the moment of going into action were not rather unbecoming, Jarvis would certainly have cried outright.
1966 ‘Weldon Hill’ Rafe iii. 38 He said that lightly and a little distractedly, as if listening to the muffled boo-hooing.
1998 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 6 Sept. 16 Lord Coggan, former Archbishop of Canterbury, is appalled by the idolatrous boo-hooing over the Blessed Diana.
2018 @malicious203flk 13 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Where do you think all the boo-hooing about being in the ‘friend zone’ came from?
2. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. The action or fact of expressing disdain or dissatisfaction by hooting, shouting, or jeering. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations
hootinga1225
hissingc1384
fie?1550
acclamation1602
hiss1602
hoot1612
catcall1749
catcallingc1781
scraping1785
sibilation1822
the big bird1825
boo hoo1825
booing1830
Kentish fire1834
boo-hooing1865
boo1884
slow handclap1904
tutting1929
slow handclapping1932
slow clap1937
1865 Ballarat (Victoria) Star 25 Dec. No government should have the power the present Government desire to possess. (Boo-hoo-ing and groaning by a small section of the meeting.)
1888 Sporting Times 7 Apr. 2/3 The conclusion of the performance, when there was some very distinct hissing and ‘boohooing’ indeed.
1914 Wairarapa (N.Z.) Daily Times 9 Apr. 6/2 At the close of the meeting there was a little boohooing but a vote of confidence was carried.
1951 Goulburn (New S. Wales) Evening Post 5 Apr. 2/2 At the meeting, where there was a good deal of boo-hooing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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