puh-leaseとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

An exaggerated form of please.

発音

Traditionally pronounced with a final stress, but sometimes with an initial stress; compare the variability of the stresses with the emphatic forms of hello.

間投詞

puh-lease

1. (sarcastic) An expression of annoyance, exasperation or impatience.
   • 1997, Don Roos, The Opposite of Sex, spoken by Lucia (Lisa Kudrow):

     Puh-lease! I went to a bar mitzvah once. That doesn't make me Jewish.