| 单词 | oomph |
| 释义 | oomph (once / 39008 pages) n Oomph is an exciting, energetic quality in a person. If you don't have enough oomph, it will be hard to talk your classmates into voting for you for student council president. The informal noun oomph is a good way to describe a certain aspect of someone's personality that resists being named. If you've got oomph, you're spirited and lively — you could say you've got moxie or pizzazz. Sometimes the word describes a specific kind of attractiveness or desirability: "My brother says he likes that actress because of her oomph." This word dates from the 1930s. WORD FAMILYoomph: oomphs USAGE EXAMPLESNow, they’ve injected major oomph to the curious equation of this rematch. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) Use it all the time and you habituate; the words lose their oomph. Time(Dec 15, 2016) But who this year kicked the bucket with as much oomph as this kid? New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) 1n the activeness of an energetic personality Syn|Hyper dynamism, pizzaz, pizzazz, zing activeness, activity the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically 2n attractiveness to the opposite sex Syn|Hypo|Hyper desirability, desirableness, sex appeal sultriness the quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire attractiveness sexual allure |
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