boo

boo1 /buː/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

DISAPPROVEto shout ‘boo’ to show that you do not like a person, performance, idea etc 发嘘声，嘘（某人等）〔表示反对或反感〕

Some of the audience started booing.

一些观众开始喝倒彩。

She was booed off stage (=they shouted ‘boo’ until she left the stage).

她被一片嘘声轰下了台。

Examples from the Corpus

boo• Half the crowd cheered, the others booed.• Many Republicans hissed and some booed.• I was booing and hissing the bad guys with the best of them, and I usually hate audience participation.• He was booed and jeered by 16,000 spectators for not walking promptly after giving a desperately hard-to-judge return catch.• Taylor was booed as he left the field.• And the fans who booed him in the ring were drawn to him outside it.• And still they boo if the mood takes them.• You can almost hear them booed in tandem by the Giants' irate fans.• Linfield fans booed their team off the pitch and applauded Bangor.• Some people in the crowd booed when she walked on stage.

boo2 interjection

1. DISAPPROVEa noise made by people who do not like a person, performance, idea etc 〔表示反对或反感的〕嘘声

2. FRIGHTENEDa word you shout suddenly to someone as a joke in order to frighten them 啵〔惊吓别人时发出的声音〕

3. wouldn’t say boo to a goose SHYan expression used to describe a shy quiet person 非常羞怯，胆小如鼠

Origin boo2

(1800-1900) Natural sound

boo1 verbboo2 interjection

Chinese

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