whoop
whoop 英 [wu:p] 美 [hup, hwup, wup]
n. 大叫；哮喘声；呐喊；一点点 vt. 高声说；唤起 vi. 叫喊；喘息
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- n. 大叫；哮喘声；呐喊；一点点
- vt. 高声说；唤起
- vi. 叫喊；喘息
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1. My little brother, Teddy, lets out a war whoop when Mom's AM radio announces the closures.
我弟弟，泰迪，像上战场那样发出了一声呐喊，妈妈的短波收音机在播报学校关闭通知，“下雪天！”
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2. His whoop turned to a scream of terror when he saw they were not there; only a black shadow which left his hand and drifted back down the tunnel.
但是他的欢呼声很快变成了一声恐惧的尖叫，因为他的朋友们根本就不在身后；只看见一道黑色的阴影离开了他的手，飘回了地道下面。
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3. As he approached the entrance, Henry turned to his friends with a whoop of triumph.
当快要接近出口的时候，亨利转过头向他的朋友们发出了一声胜利的欢呼。
- whoop (v.) mid-14c., houpen, partly imitative, partly from Old French huper, houper "to cry out, shout," also imitative. It is attested as an interjection from at least mid-15c. Spelling with wh- is from mid-15c. The noun is recorded from c. 1600. Phrase whoop it up "create a disturbance" is recorded from 1881. Expression whoop-de-do is recorded from 1929. Whooping cough (1739) is now the prevalent spelling of hooping cough; whooping crane is recorded from 1791.
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