1. 1(痛或驚嚇時發出的)短促尖叫聲;(狗)吠叫聲

    A short, sharp cry, usually from sudden pain or surprise. Dogs yelp when they're hurt or scared, and people yelp too — like on something sharp. (Separately, "Yelp", with a capital Y, is the name of a well-known app and website for restaurant and business reviews.)

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原始詞典資料3 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。

yelpnoun詞源 1/jɛlp/

  • 1

    An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.

    • The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.
    • “Before he was a twel’month ould he had a mouth full o’ great teeth; his hands wor like ’s claws, and his legs wor no thicker nor the handle of a whip, and about as straight as a rapin’ hook; to make the matther worse, he had the gut uv a cormorant, and the whinge, and the yelp, and the screech, and the yowl, was never out of his mouth.”
  • 2

    A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.

yelpverb詞源 2/jɛlp/

  • 1

    To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.

    • The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.
    • I followed it as well as I could, I who have so often boasted of my memory now sniffing along for what seemed a league at least like a brachet and ready almost to yelp for joy at the thought of a place I knew, after so much emptiness, silence, and blackness.

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