A hand sweeping outward and a short sound going with it. The sound and the gesture are one thing, and everything the word does grows out of that single moment.
From the word’s history
From Middle English schew, schowe, an interjection shouted to drive something off. German scheuchen (to scare away) and Dutch schuwen belong to the same family.
來自中古英文的 schew、schowe，本來就是趕東西時喊的那一聲。德文 scheuchen（驅趕）和荷蘭文 schuwen 是同一家。也就是說，這個字是先有聲音，動詞的用法是後來從那一聲長出來的。
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原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
shooverb詞源 1/ʃuː/
- 1
informalTo induce someone or something to leave.
- Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!
- See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen.
- 2
informalTo leave under inducement.
- You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.
- 3
rareinformalTo usher someone.
- Shoo the visitor in.
shoointj詞源 1/ʃuː/
- 1
informalGo away! Clear off!
- Shoo, fly, don't bother me!
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。