英和和英

別の表記

• psshaw, pshah, psha

語源

A natural expressive noise of rejection. First attested in the late 17th century.

発音

• enPR: shô, IPA: /ˈʃɔː/
• (spelling pronunciation) enPR: pshô, IPA: /ˈpʃɔː/
• 韻: -ɔː
• ハイフネーション: pshaw

間投詞

pshaw

1. Indicating contempt, disgust, irritation, impatience, or disbelief. [from 17th c.]

   Pshaw! I can't believe it!

   • 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 13, in The Pioneers:

     "Pshaw! Why do ye bother yourself wid texts, man, about so small a matter?" interrupted the landlady

   • 1838 March – 1839 October, Charles Dickens, chapter 56, in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1839, →OCLC:

     'Pshaw!' Ralph muttered, forcing a laugh.

   • 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, chapter 22, in The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:

     "Have a care, cousin," he whispered; "for the sake of the Virgin have a care, for you have angered him." ¶ "Pshaw! fear not," the other answered in the same low tone.

   • 1911, Steele Rudd, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 68:

     ‘Pshaw! left him!’ Dan said, throwing himself full length on the sofa, ‘I’d sooner work for a blackfellow!’

   • 1992, Wayne Campbell, Wayne's World:

     Pshaw! And monkeys might fly out of my butt.

同意語

• (indicating contempt): pht, psh, pshh, phht, pssh, pssht, psht, pshht, feh, pooh, pish, bah, poh; see also Thesaurus:bah
• (indicating disbelief): c'mon, poppycock; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

動詞

pshaw (third-person singular simple present pshaws, present participle pshawing, simple past and past participle pshawed)

1. (intransitive) To express disgust or contempt by saying “pshaw”.

アナグラム

• whaps