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单词 shoo
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shoo

(ʃuː)
Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense shoos, present participle shooing, past tense, past participle shooed
1. verb
If you shoo an animal or a person away, you make them go away by waving your hands or arms at them.
You'd better shoo him away. [VERB noun with adverb]
I shooed him out of the room. [VERB noun preposition]
2. exclamation
You say 'shoo!' to an animal when you want it to go away.
Shoo, bird, shoo.

shoo in British English

(ʃuː)
exclamation
1. 
go away!: used to drive away unwanted or annoying people, animals, etc
verbWord forms: shoos, shooing or shooed
2. (transitive)
to drive away by or as if by crying "shoo"
3. (intransitive)
to cry "shoo"
Word origin
C15: imitative; related to Middle High German schū, French shou, Italian scio

shoo in American English

(ʃu)
interjection
1. 
go away; get out
used as in driving away chickens or other animals
verb intransitiveWord forms: shooed or ˈshooing
2. 
to cry “shoo”
verb transitive
3. 
to drive away abruptly, by or as by crying “shoo”
Word origin
echoic

Examples of 'shoo' in a sentence
shoo

The ski patrol had left a man there and he was busily trying to shoo away the sightseers who were crowding in.
Wood, Ted SNOWJOB (2002)
It could have been someone clapping, a single clap to shoo away a bird.
Brierley, David SNOWLINE (2002)
In fact, if I didn't know better, I'd be inclined to shoo him away from the staff entrance --- he's got a funny look in his eye.
Jane Asher LOSING IT (2002)
They opted to deactivate the cover-spell and use their talent to shoo away the bugs.
Julian May IRONCROWN MOON: PART TWO OF THE BOREAL MOON TALE (2002)
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