yelp

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An abrupt, high-pitched noise or utterance.
    — The puppy let out a yelp when I stepped on her tail.
  2. A type of emergency vehicle siren sounding quicker and more intense than the wail.
动词 v.
  1. To utter an abrupt, high-pitched noise.
    — The children yelped with delight as they played in the cold water.

词形变化

yelps plural yelps present,singular,third-person yelping participle,present yelped participle,past yelped past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ȝelp, yelp, from Old English ġielp (“boasting, arrogance, pride”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelp, from Proto-Germanic *gelpą (“boasting”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout”).
词源 2
From Middle English ȝelpen, yelpen, from Old English ġielpan (“to boast”), from Proto-West Germanic *gelpan, from Proto-Germanic *gelpaną (“to sound off, boast”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel‑ (“to call, shout, scream”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian jalpe, galpe (“to bleep; cheep”), German Low German galpen (“to scream, shriek, howl”), Middle High German gelpfen, gelpfen (“to roar, howl, bark, boast, sing loudly”).
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