pooh-bah

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英文词源


pooh-bah (n.)
"leader who maintains excessive bureaucratic control," 1888, from Pooh-Bah, the name of the "Lord High Everything Else" character in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" (1885).

双语例句


1. In the past he has pooh-poohed suggestions that he might succeed Isaacs.
过去他对自己会接替艾萨克斯之说嗤之以鼻。

来自柯林斯例句

2. " Pooh!'Ways and means '?
“ 对付的方法? 什么!

来自子夜部分

3. We could not pooh - pooh these things - they had an evil look.
我们对这类事情可不能大意--看样子是有点儿跷蹊.

来自辞典例句

4. Pooh! This meat is rotten.
嗳呀! 这肉臭啦.

来自辞典例句

5. They pooh - poohed our scheme for raising money.
他们对我们的筹款方案嗤之以鼻.

来自辞典例句

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