oof

英語

發音

• (標準英音) 國際音標^(幫助)：/uːf/, /ʊf/
• (通用美式) 英語發音：ūf, 國際音標^(幫助)：/uf/

• 音頻（澳洲）

  （文檔）

• 韻部：-uːf, -ʊf

詞源1

擬聲詞。和荷蘭語 oef、德語 uff同源。動詞用法源自 roblox 虛擬人偶死掉後發出的聲音。

感嘆詞

oof

1. (擬聲詞) 一種模仿失去空氣的聲音，彷彿某人的太陽穴剛剛被擊中。
2. (俚語) ouch (“對他人的痛苦表示同情、對高價表示震驚等”)之同義詞

名詞

oof (複數 oofs)

1. 因疼痛（如被打了一拳後吐氣）而發出的聲音。

動詞

oof (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 oofs, 現在分詞 oofing, 一般過去時及過去分詞 oofed)

1. (電玩遊戲) 殺掉

詞源2

ooftish 的截斷形式

名詞

oof (不可數)

1. (英國，俚語，過時) 錢 （約 1850 年 – 約 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.

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   • 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.

     （請為本使用例添加中文翻譯）

   • 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.

     （請為本使用例添加中文翻譯）

近義詞

• 參見en:Thesaurus:money

派生詞彙

• feathered oof-bird (“一大筆金錢來源”)
• make the oof-bird walk
• oof-bag (“金錢來源”)
• oof-bird (“金錢來源”)
• oofless (“貧窮”)
• oofy (“富有”)
• pad the oof

參考資料

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

異序詞

• Foo, foo, foo'