oof

英语

发音

• (标准英音) 国际音标^(帮助)：/uːf/, /ʊf/
• (通用美式) 英语发音：ūf, 国际音标^(帮助)：/uf/

• 音频（澳洲）：

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• 韵部：-uːf, -ʊf

词源1

拟声词。和荷兰语 oef、德语 uff同源。动词用法源自 roblox 虚拟人偶死掉后发出的声音。

感叹词

oof

1. (拟声词) 一种模仿失去空气的声音，仿佛某人的太阳穴刚刚被击中。
   • 1989 6月 5, The Canberra Times, Australia Captial Territory，页号 10，列号 2:

     Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights.

     Whap，Biff，Ooooof，Sock，Pow，Zok！《蝙蝠侠》回来了。 哥谭市再次将其法律和秩序交由一个在紧身衣外穿着塑料内裤的男子掌握。

2. (俚语) ouch (“对他人的痛苦表示同情、对高价表示震惊等”)之同义词

名词

oof (复数 oofs)

1. 因疼痛（如被打了一拳后吐气）而发出的声音。
   • 1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts，页号 33:

     The soldier on the ground clutched his head and then his stomach and gave an "oof" of pain.

     地上的士兵捂著头，然后捂著肚子，发出一声痛苦的呻吟。

动词

oof (第三人称单数简单现在时 oofs，现在分词 oofing，一般过去时及过去分词 oofed)

1. (电玩游戏) 杀掉

词源2

ooftish 的截断形式

名词

oof (不可数)

1. (英国，俚语，过时) 钱 （约 1850 年 – 约 1940 年）
   • 1888, H. Rider Haggard, Colonel Quaritch V.C. (archive.org ebook), page 232:

     “Oh,” Johnnie was saying, “so Quest is his name, is it, and he lives in a city called Boisingham, does he? Is he an oof bird?” (rich)
     “Rather,” answered the Tiger, “if only one can make the dollars run, but he's a nasty mean boy, he is.

     （请为本使用例添加中文翻译）

   • 1900, Harry B. Norris, Burlington Bertie (song)

     Burlington Bertie's the latest young jay
     He rents a swell flat somewhere Kensington way
     He spends the good oof that his pater has made
     Along with the Brandy and Soda Brigade.

   • 1911–1912, published 1916, Gilbert Parker, The World For Sale, book 2, chapter 10 (Gutenberg ebook, archive.org ebook):

     What's he after? Oof—oof—oof, that's what he's after. He's for his own pocket, he's for being boss of all the woolly West. He's after keeping us poor and making himself rich.

     （请为本使用例添加中文翻译）

   • 1991 May 12, "Kidnapped!" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:

     Chuffy: It's on a knife edge at the moment, Bertie. If he can get planning permission, old Stoker's going to take this heap off my hands in return for vast amounts of oof.

     （请为本使用例添加中文翻译）

近义词

• 参见en:Thesaurus:money

派生词汇

• feathered oof-bird (“一大笔金钱来源”)
• make the oof-bird walk
• oof-bag (“金钱来源”)
• oof-bird (“金钱来源”)
• oofless (“贫穷”)
• oofy (“富有”)
• pad the oof

参考资料

• Farmer, John Stephen (1902) Slang and Its Analogues‎^[1], 卷5, 页107
• “oof”, Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

异序词

• Foo, foo, foo'