英语词汇poo-bah的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	poo-bah
词源	poo-bah. A politician who holds several offices, or a pomp- ous self-important person, is called a poo-bah. In Gilbert and Sullivan’s operetta The Mikado (1885) Pooh-Bah is the personal name of the arrogant Lord High Everything Else, this being the source of the word.
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