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yikes

/yahyks/US // yaɪks //UK // (ˈjaiks) //

呀,呸

Definitions

interj.感叹词 interjection
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    Examples

    • I did a little research and now, I mean, yikes, he's the guy that's okay with letting schools forcibly pin down autistic kids.

    • And could he—yikes—actually be not just inconvenienced but actually ill?

    • In the same episode, by the way, MacKenzie and Sloan “bond” over their shared manicurist—YIKES!

    • Yite I yikes, and boo I yikes; and my dear papa be so very angy, when I tells him all about it.'

    • “Totty yikes oogar,” said the sticky cause of the mischief, in treacly tones.

    • Geo had only gotten half clear of the entrance when he yelled, "Yikes," and then, "Duck!"