1620s, "to drive away by calling 'shoo,' " from the exclamation (late 15c.), perhaps instinctive, compare German schu, Italian scioia. Related: Shooed; shooing.
权威例句
1. Ms Brown is still no shoo-in for the November election.
布朗夫人在11月的选举中仍然没有十足的胜算。
2. Shoo, bird, shoo.
嘘!小鸟,嘘!
3. You'd better shoo him away.
你最好把他赶走。
4. He broke off a twig from a willow tree and used it to shoo the flies away.
他折了一根柳树枝来驱赶苍蝇.
5. Reagan was a shoo - in in the 1984 presidential election.