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yawp

/yawp, yahp/US // yɔp, yɑp //UK // (jɔːp) //

吆喝声,吆喝,呵护

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to utter a loud, harsh cry; to yelp, squawk, or bawl.
    • : Slang. to talk noisily and foolishly or complainingly.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a harsh cry.
    • : Slang. raucous or querulous speech.a noisy, foolish utterance.

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Examples

  • Students moan and growl and shriek and yawp, as if exorcising demons in a ritualistic ceremony.

  • I too am not a bit tamed ... I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.

  • He uttered a feeble yawp as one of the links was clasped about his wrist.

  • The young yawp in the nest a little, with more breath than noise.

  • You'd keep that yawp o' your'n goin', I believe, if it was the judgment day.

  • You know we agreed it was none of our business whether a peacock on the lawn or a dog in his kennel let out that yawp.

  • Now they have shut up their yawp about him, since he has proved to be no better than Talmage or Beecher.