puh-leezeadv.int.

Brit.

/pəˈliːz/, U.S.

/pəˈliz/

Forms: 1900s– pa-leeze, 1900s– perlease, 1900s– pulease, 1900s– puh-lease, 1900s– puh-leeeze, 1900s– puhleeezz, 1900s– puh-leese, 1900s– puh-leez, 1900s– puh-leeze, 1900s– pu-lease, 1900s– pu-leez, 1900s– pu-leeze, 1900s– pulleeze, 1900s– purlease, 1900s– purleese, 1900s– purleez.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: please adv.

Etymology: Representing an emphatic pronunciation of please adv.

colloquial (chiefly U.S.).

A. adv.

= please adv.

ΚΠ

1893 M. Benson Let. in B. Masters Life E. F. Benson (1991) 113 Oh do be normal... Pul-ease do what is best.

1927 Chicago Tribune 10 Aug. 10/4 Puhlease,..phrint me contrib, jist wance.

1931 Monessen (Pa.) Daily Independent 23 Sept. 2/7 It's our belief that Primo will win, and as we said before—puh-lease don't ask us why.

1975 W. Kennedy Legs 60 Come on, Joey, come on, puh-leeeze.

2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Feb. 29/2 Her new crowd's probably gonna be like, ‘Take her back, pulleeze!’

B. int.

= please int.

ΚΠ

1931 Los Angeles Times 13 Dec. b11 They just followed along like lambs to the slaughter, ab-so-lutely innocent, and looking so snazzy. Puh-lease.

1935 E. Sullivan in Washington Post 1 Oct. 4/7 A Rockefeller invitation to the opening of the ‘Future House’, the new American home, states that it will be in Horticultural Hall... Puh-leeze!

1975 Times-Bull. (Van Wert, Ohio) 2 Aug. 4/4 Indira Gandhi? Nonsense! Idi Amin? Don't be absurd! Fidel Castro? Pu-lease! Herod? Nero? Nope.

1988 D. French Working (1991) ix. 315 Meanwhile I was standing there in wet stockings. I thought, Puh-leez.

1997 D. Simon & E. Burns Corner 176 Nigga got to be snitchin'... That much dope and he gets probation. Puh-leeze.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	puh-leeze
释义	puh-leezeadv.int. Brit. /pəˈliːz/, U.S. /pəˈliz/ Forms: 1900s– pa-leeze, 1900s– perlease, 1900s– pulease, 1900s– puh-lease, 1900s– puh-leeeze, 1900s– puhleeezz, 1900s– puh-leese, 1900s– puh-leez, 1900s– puh-leeze, 1900s– pu-lease, 1900s– pu-leez, 1900s– pu-leeze, 1900s– pulleeze, 1900s– purlease, 1900s– purleese, 1900s– purleez. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: please adv. Etymology: Representing an emphatic pronunciation of please adv. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). A. adv. = please adv. ΚΠ 1893 M. Benson Let. in B. Masters Life E. F. Benson (1991) 113 Oh do be normal... Pul-ease do what is best. 1927 Chicago Tribune 10 Aug. 10/4 Puhlease,..phrint me contrib, jist wance. 1931 Monessen (Pa.) Daily Independent 23 Sept. 2/7 It's our belief that Primo will win, and as we said before—puh-lease don't ask us why. 1975 W. Kennedy Legs 60 Come on, Joey, come on, puh-leeeze. 2002 N.Y. Times Mag. 24 Feb. 29/2 Her new crowd's probably gonna be like, ‘Take her back, pulleeze!’ B. int. = please int. ΚΠ 1931 Los Angeles Times 13 Dec. b11 They just followed along like lambs to the slaughter, ab-so-lutely innocent, and looking so snazzy. Puh-lease. 1935 E. Sullivan in Washington Post 1 Oct. 4/7 A Rockefeller invitation to the opening of the ‘Future House’, the new American home, states that it will be in Horticultural Hall... Puh-leeze! 1975 Times-Bull. (Van Wert, Ohio) 2 Aug. 4/4 Indira Gandhi? Nonsense! Idi Amin? Don't be absurd! Fidel Castro? Pu-lease! Herod? Nero? Nope. 1988 D. French Working (1991) ix. 315 Meanwhile I was standing there in wet stockings. I thought, Puh-leez. 1997 D. Simon & E. Burns Corner 176 Nigga got to be snitchin'... That much dope and he gets probation. Puh-leeze. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adv.int.1893
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