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词汇 pooh-bah
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Definition of pooh-bah in English:

pooh-bah

nounpuːˈbɑːˈpubɑ
  • A person having much influence or holding many offices at the same time, especially one who is perceived as pompously self-important.

    很有影响、身兼数职的人(尤指被认为是自命不凡的人)

    a pair of government pooh-bahs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The chophouse has been renowned as a gathering spot for Minnesota's political pooh-bahs since the Great Depression.
    • Our cultural pooh-bahs simply can't bear to admit that the scene they presume to be such a part of is a bastion of mediocrity.
    • I love the fact that the self-important pooh-bahs at 43rd Street now have to worry that they'll be corrected on a daily basis by a bunch of former nobodies.
    • He's looking awfully good by comparison to the pooh-bahs of the business today.
    • But this self-important pooh-bah is more than an ominous senior legal and political figure.

Origin

From the name of a character in W. S. Gilbert's The Mikado (1885).

Rhymes

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Definition of pooh-bah in US English:

pooh-bah

(also Pooh-Bah)
nounˈpo͞obäˈpubɑ
  • A person having much influence or holding many offices at the same time, especially one perceived as pompously self-important.

    很有影响、身兼数职的人(尤指被认为是自命不凡的人)

    a pair of government pooh-bahs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The chophouse has been renowned as a gathering spot for Minnesota's political pooh-bahs since the Great Depression.
    • He's looking awfully good by comparison to the pooh-bahs of the business today.
    • I love the fact that the self-important pooh-bahs at 43rd Street now have to worry that they'll be corrected on a daily basis by a bunch of former nobodies.
    • But this self-important pooh-bah is more than an ominous senior legal and political figure.
    • Our cultural pooh-bahs simply can't bear to admit that the scene they presume to be such a part of is a bastion of mediocrity.

Origin

From the name of a character in W. S. Gilbert's The Mikado (1885).

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