单词 | to ooh and ah |
释义 | > as lemmasto ooh and ah 1. intransitive. To say ‘ooh’. Esp. in to ooh and ah (cf. ah v.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > cry or exclaim [verb (intransitive)] > specific exclamations ho1377 heave hoa1400 howc1450 whew1765 oh-oh1833 oh1837 yo-heave-ho1857 phew1858 ahem1876 oh-my1893 hooch1896 yah1904 ooh1930 ooh-la-la1950 ooh-ooh1960 c1836 G. Nelson First Winter in L. Peers & T. Schenck First Years in Fur Trade (2002) 64 We heard an owl ooing in the woods.] 1930 C. Beaton Diary in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) iii. 28 Aunt Jessie, with eyes twinkling, ooh-ed and ah-ed to my heart's content. 1965 J. B. Priestley Lost Empires iii. x. 273 People laughed and clapped and Oo'd and Ah'd. 1994 Weekend Austral. 16 July (Review Suppl.) 3/5 Streisand oohed and aahed over a spectral dream date. 2000 A. Rosenthal Jerusalem, Take One ii. 37 With all the ‘awing’ and ‘oohing’ at the shrimps and the crabs, I'm sure the place was packed the following Monday. < as lemmas |
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