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标题: Short /u/ or long /u:/ for words containing oo?
book /bʊk/
brook /brʊk/
cook /kʊk/
crook /krʊk/
hook /hʊk/
look /lʊk/
rook /rʊk/
rookie /ˈrʊki/
shook /ʃʊk/
took /tʊk/ood
wood
good
stood
soot
wool
https://jakubmarian.com/pronunciation-of-oo-in-english-long-or-short/
The long pronunciation

The vast majority of English words containing “oo” that we didn’t mention above are pronounced with a long [uː]. Here they are (exceptions to the rules mentioned above are marked with “(!)”):

boom /buːm/
boost /buːst/
boot /buːt/
brood /bruːd/ (!)
choose /tʃuːz/
cool /kuːl/
coot /kuːt/
crooner /ˈkruːnə(r)/
doom /duːm/
drool /druːl/
droop /druːp/
food /fuːd/ (!)
fool /fuːl/
hoop /huːp/
hoot /huːt/
loop /luːp/
loose /luːs/
loot /luːt/
mood /muːd/ (!)
moon /muːn/
moose /muːs/
moot /muːt/
noon /nuːn/
pool /puːl/
proof /pruːf/
root /ruːt/
school /skuːl/
schooner /ˈskuːnə(r)/
scoop /skuːp/
shoot /ʃuːt/
soon /suːn/
spook /spuːk/ (!)
spool /spuːl/
snooker /ˈsnuːkə(r)/ (!)
snooze /snuːz/
stool /stuːl/
stoop /stuːp/
tool /tuːl/
toot /tuːt/
tooth /tuːθ/
troop /truːp/
zoom /zuːm/

Furthermore, all words ending with “oo” are pronounced with a long [uː], for example,

bamboo /ˌbæmˈbuː/
cuckoo /ˈkʊkuː/
igloo /ˈɪɡluː/
kangaroo /ˌkæŋɡəˈruː/
loo /luː/
shampoo /ʃæmˈpuː/
taboo /təˈbuː/
tattoo /təˈtuː/
too /tuː/
voodoo /ˈvuːduː/

Finally, there are a few words for which both pronunciations, [uː] as well as [ʊ], are possible, but the variant with the long [uː] is more common, whereas the variant with [ʊ] is present only in some dialects:

broom /bruːm/ (less commonly /brʊm/)
groom /ɡruːm/ (less commonly /grʊm/)
hoof /huːf/ (less commonly /hʊf/)
roof /ruːf/ (less commonly /rʊf/)
roomy /ˈruːmi/ (less commonly /ˈrʊmi/)
root /ruːt/ (less commonly /rʊt/)

A somewhat special case is the word room, for which both pronunciations are common:

room /ruːm/ or /rʊm/ and -room words, e.g.:bedroom /bɛdruːm/ or /ˈbɛdrʊm/
mushroom /ˈmʌʃruːm/ or /ˈmʌʃrʊm/
…

Other pronunciations

There are a small number of words with yet another pronunciation of “oo”. There are two words in which “oo” is pronounced as [ʌ] (as “u” in “but”):

blood /blʌd/
flood /flʌd/

And several words where “oo” is pronounced as a long “o”:

door /dɔː(r)/
floor /flɔː(r)/
moor /mɔː/ UK, /mɔːr/ US or /mʊə/ UK, /mʊr/ US
poor /pɔː/ UK, /pɔːr/ US or /pʊə/ UK, /pʊr/ US

Finally, it may happen that the two o’s in “oo” belong to different syllables. If this is the case, the first “o” is usually pronounced as “oh”, and the other one is pronounced as if the first one weren’t there, for example,

cooperate /kəʊˈɒpəreɪt/ UK, /koʊˈɑːpəreɪt/ US
zoologist /zəʊˈɒlədʒɪst/ UK, /zoʊˈɑːlədʒɪst/ US or both with /zuː-/
coordinate /kəʊˈɔːdɪneɪt/ UK, /koʊˈɔːrdɪneɪt/ US (verb; noun with /-nət/)
microorganism /ˌmaɪkrəʊˈɔːɡənɪzəm/ UK, /ˌmaɪkroʊˈɔːrɡənɪzəm/ US

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