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单词 uh-oh
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uh-ohint.

Brit. /ˈʌˌəʊ/, U.S. /ˈəˌoʊ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: uh int., oh int.
Etymology: < uh int. + oh int. Compare oh, oh int.
Originally U.S.
Expressing alarm, dismay, or apprehension; esp. indicating sudden awareness of a problem, or a realization of imminent difficulty.Often as a more or less involuntary utterance to oneself.
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1925 Amarillo (Texas) Globe 3 June 9/6 Uh-oh, I forgot to reserve my seat to Mo-jica.
1930 Van Wert (Ohio) Daily Bull. 19 Aug. 5/1 (cartoon caption) Uh-oh!
1941 M. K. O'Donnell Quincie Bolliver iii. 90 The clap of thunder..seemed to rock the house. The light globe paled. A woman said: ‘Uh-oh! they're goin' out!’
1960 Life 11 Jan. 92/1 (advt.) Uh-oh! watch those lips! What's in the wind?—trouble, plenty of trouble for lips exposed to wind and cold and sleet. Use your 'Chap Stick'—use it fast.
1982 A. Lane & W. Crawford Vals (film script for ‘Valley Girls’, rev. draft) 17 Stacey. How can you love a dork? Uh-oh..don't look now. Guess who? Julie. He's a total pukoid.
2009 New Yorker 19 Jan. 26/2 A high-school marching band.., wearing Polish folk costumes, was disembarking from a tour bus with a clatter of drums and cymbals. ‘Uh-oh,’ Wolitzer said anxiously. ‘Oompah music—just what we needed.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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