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单词 shoo
释义 shoo
I. \ˈshü\ interjection
Etymology: Middle English schowe
— used in frightening away an animal (as a hen)
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
transitive verb
1. : to scare or drive away (as birds) by or in the manner of one crying shoo
 < shooing out a parcel of hens — Ida Treat >
 < like a fly … settling whenever the hand ceased to shoo it away — Robert DeVries >
2.
 a. : to send or cause to move away or along especially by urging gently with words or gestures suggestive of the shooing of fowls
  < were shooing the passengers off a country bus — Mollie Panter-Downes >
  < shooed them off for their walk — Ann Bridge >
 b. : to drive out : chase away : dispel
  < softened her, shooing away the madness — Adria L. Langley >
  < shoo away the memory — D.B.Chidsey >
intransitive verb
1. : to make the sounds or gestures of one shooing fowls
 < shooing at them with her umbrella — Elizabeth Taylor >
2. : to go away or along at or as if at the cry of shoo
 < the fly shooed — Danforth Ross >
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