英语单词

yelp是什么意思

yelp

英 [jelp] 美 [jɛlp]
  • vi. 叫喊;狗吠
  • vt. (因痛而)叫喊,叫喊着说
  • n. 尖叫,大叫;吠声

中文词源


yelp 大叫

来自PIE*ghel,叫喊,呼喊,拟声词,词源同nightingale,yell.

英文词源


yelp (v.)
Old English gielpan (West Saxon), gelpan (Anglian) "to boast, exult," from Proto-Germanic *gel- (cognates: Old Saxon galpon, Old Norse gjalpa "to yelp," Old Norse gjalp "boasting," Old High German gelph "outcry"), from PIE root *ghel- (1) "to cry out" (see yell (v.)). Meaning "utter a quick, sharp, bark or cry" is 1550s, probably from the noun. Related: Yelped; yelping.
yelp (n.)
Old English gielp "boasting, pride, arrogance," from source of yelp (v.). Meaning "quick, sharp bark or cry" is attested from early 16c.

双语例句


1. I had to bite back a yelp of surprise.
我只好强忍住,没惊叫出来。

来自柯林斯例句

2. She jumped back with a little yelp of surprise.
她吃惊地喊叫了一声跳了回去.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. His laughter was cathartic, an animal yelp that brought tears to his eyes.
他哈哈大笑以宣泄情绪,声音如野兽般尖厉,眼泪都笑出来了。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The dog gave a yelp of pain.
狗疼得叫了一声.

来自辞典例句

5. She gave a little yelp and fled upstairs.
她尖叫了一声,逃上楼去.

来自辞典例句

考试词汇

单词首字母