grand poobah

短语

发音

AU /ɡɹænd ˈpuːbɑː/

词形变化

grand poobahs 复数 grand poobahs

别名

Grand Poobah

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who is important or high-ranking.

    非正式 幽默 习语

    He once played golf with the grand poobah of their company.

  2. 2.

    An extremely pompous person.

    习语 俚语

词源

From Pooh-Bah, the name of a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado (1885).

来源：wiktionary