单词 | ough |
释义 | oughint.n. rare in later use. A. int. In early use: used in imitation of a sound denoting various sentiments, some also expressed by och, oh, ooh, etc. In later use spec. as an exclamation expressing disgust; = ugh int. and n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > exclamation of disgust [interjection] foȝa1250 fie1297 faugh1542 ough1565 pah1592 pish1592 phah1593 paw1640 poh1650 sis1862 gick1905 ptui1930 stone (or stiffen) the crows1930 you wouldn't read about it1950 yeuch1964 barf1966 yuck1966 ick1967 yech1969 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus Ahah, suspirantis..Ough hoe: in sighyng. c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) App. 196 Ough—yt is well. 1739 H. Baker & J. Miller Amphitryon i. ii. 37 Ough! hold! we've made a Truce as to Blows. 1786 A. M. Bennett Juvenile Indiscretions III. 197 Ough, he despised such Cattle [i.e. people]. 1937 D. L. Sayers Busman's Honeymoon xvii. 284 I shal look under the bed tonight—Ough! a1969 J. Kerouac Visions of Cody (1992) 276 Ough man, that's awful, that's green tea. B. n. An articulation of this sound. rare.In quot. 1900 representing the sound of heavy artillery. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Felidae (feline) > [interjection] > growl of tiger ough1894 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [interjection] > of guns or shells ough1894 rat-tat1907 whizz-bang1920 1894 Field 9 July 815/2 Followed by a deep and angry ‘ough!’ as a tiger broke cover. 1900 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 481/2 The ‘ough’ ‘ough’ of the field-guns breaks upon the ear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.1565 |
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