yawp
/yawp, yahp/US // yɔp, yɑp //UK // (jɔːp) //
吆喝声,吆喝,呵护
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v.无主动词 verb
- 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
- : 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.
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