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

Pooh Bah (often l.c.)

a person who holds several positions, esp. ones that give him or her bureaucratic importance.
a leader, authority, or other important person:one of the pooh bahs of the record industry.
a pompous, self-important person.

Also, Pooh′-Bah′, poobah.

after a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, who holds all of the high offices of state simultaneously and uses them for personal gain 1880–85

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Pooh-Bah /ˈpuːˈbɑː/ n

a pompous self-important official holding several offices at once and fulfilling none of them

Etymology: 19th Century: after the character, the Lord-High-Everything-Else, in The Mikado (1885), a light opera by Gilbert and Sullivan

单词	pooh bah
释义	WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 Pooh Bah (po̅o̅′ bä′),USA pronunciation (often l.c.) a person who holds several positions, esp. ones that give him or her bureaucratic importance. a leader, authority, or other important person:one of the pooh bahs of the record industry. a pompous, self-important person. `Also, Pooh′-Bah′, poobah.` after a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, who holds all of the high offices of state simultaneously and uses them for personal gain 1880–85 Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Pooh-Bah /ˈpuːˈbɑː/ n a pompous self-important official holding several offices at once and fulfilling none of them Etymology: 19th Century: after the character, the Lord-High-Everything-Else, in The Mikado (1885), a light opera by Gilbert and Sullivan
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