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boo

exclamation, noun
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  1. a sound that people make to show that they do not like an actor, speaker, etc.（对演员、讲话者等表示不满）嘘
    • ‘Boo!’ they shouted, ‘Get off!’“去！” 他们大声喊道，“滚下去！”🔊🔊
    • The speech was greeted with loud boos from the audience.演讲引来观众一片嘘声。🔊🔊
    • boos and hisses from the crowd人群中发出的嘘声
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • loud
    verb + boo
    • be greeted with
    • be met with
    preposition
    • boo from
    phrases
    • boos and hisses
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  2. people shout Boo!when they want to surprise or frighten somebody（惊吓他人的声音）乒
    3. Word Originearly 19th cent.: imitative of the lowing of oxen (the sound was considered to be derisive); compare with hiss and hoot.
Idioms
not say boo to a goose (British English)
(North American English not say boo to anyone)
  1. to be very shy or gentle非常胆怯；十分温和
    • He's so nervous he wouldn't say boo to a goose.他紧张得连大气都不敢喘。🔊🔊
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boo

verb
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[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they boo
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he / she / it boos
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past simple booed
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past participle booed
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-ing form booing
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  1. to show that you do not like a person, performance, idea, etc. by shouting ‘发嘘声；喝倒彩boo’
    • The audience booed as she started her speech.她一开始讲话，听众便发出一阵嘘声。🔊🔊
    • boo somebody He was booed off the stage.他在一片倒彩声中退下舞台。🔊🔊
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: imitative of the lowing of oxen (the sound was considered to be derisive); compare with hiss and hoot.