pshawとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• spelling pronunciation IPA: /ˈpʃɔː/, enPR: pshô; IPA: /ˈʃɔː/, enPR: shô
• 韻: -ɔː

間投詞

pshaw

1. Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief. [from 17th c.]

   Pshaw! I can't believe it!

   • 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, “chapter 13”, in The Pioneers:

     "Pshaw! Why do ye bother yourself wid texts, man, about so small a matter?" interrupted the landlady

   • 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 56, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:

     'Pshaw!' Ralph muttered, forcing a laugh.

   • 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 22, in The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:

     "Have a care, cousin," he whispered; "for the sake of the Virgin have a care, for you have angered him."
     "Pshaw! fear not," the other answered in the same low tone.

   • 1992, Wayne Campbell, Wayne's World:

     Pshaw! And monkeys might fly out of my butt.

別の表記

• psshaw, pshah, psha

同意語

• (indicating disapproval): pht, psh, pshh, phht, pssh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pish, bah, poh; see also Thesaurus:bah
• (indicating disbelief): c'mon, poppycock; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

動詞

pshaw (third-person singular simple present pshaws, present participle pshawing, simple past and past participle pshawed)

1. (intransitive) To express disgust or contempt by saying "pshaw".

アナグラム

• whaps