"leader who maintains excessive bureaucratic control," 1888, from Pooh-Bah, the name of the "Lord High Everything Else" character in Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Mikado" (1885).
雙語例句
1. In the past he has pooh-poohed suggestions that he might succeed Isaacs.
過去他對自己會接替艾薩克斯之說嗤之以鼻。
來自柯林斯例句
2. " Pooh!'Ways and means '?
“ 對付的方法? 什么!
來自子夜部分
3. We could not pooh - pooh these things - they had an evil look.
我們對這類事情可不能大意--看樣子是有點兒蹺蹊.
來自辭典例句
4. Pooh! This meat is rotten.
噯呀! 這肉臭啦.
來自辭典例句
5. They pooh - poohed our scheme for raising money.