英语词汇“pooh-pooh”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pooh-poohpooh-pooh /ˈpupu, puˈpu/ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYpooh-pooh

Origin: 1700-1800 pooh

VERB TABLE

pooh-pooh

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	pooh-pooh
	he, she, it	pooh-poohs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	pooh-poohed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have pooh-poohed
	he, she, it	has pooh-poohed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had pooh-poohed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will pooh-pooh
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have pooh-poohed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am pooh-poohing
	he, she, it	is pooh-poohing
	you, we, they	are pooh-poohing
Past	I, he, she, it	was pooh-poohing
	you, we, they	were pooh-poohing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been pooh-poohing
	he, she, it	has been pooh-poohing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been pooh-poohing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be pooh-poohing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been pooh-poohing

informal to say that you think an idea, suggestion, effort, etc. is stupid or not very good: Energy companies have pooh-poohed the seriousness of global warming.