"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).
双语例句
1. In the past he has pooh-poohed suggestions that he might succeed Isaacs.
过去他对自己会接替艾萨克斯之说嗤之以鼻。
来自柯林斯例句
2. " Pooh!'Ways and means '?
“ 对付的方法? 什么!
来自子夜部分
3. We could not pooh - pooh these things - they had an evil look.
我们对这类事情可不能大意--看样子是有点儿跷蹊.
来自辞典例句
4. Pooh! This meat is rotten.
嗳呀! 这肉臭啦.
来自辞典例句
5. They pooh - poohed our scheme for raising money.
