whoop

• n. 大叫；哮喘聲；呐喊；一點點
• vt. 高聲說；喚起
• vi. 叫喊；喘息

擬聲詞。

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.

1. The Republicans made a great whoop and a holler about the honesty of federal employees.

共和黨人大肆宣傳聯邦政府官員的廉潔問題.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

2. Who dares whoop it up here?

什麽人敢在這裏作樂?

來自漢英文學 - 中國現代小說

3. He gave a whoop of joy when he saw his new bicycle.

他看到自己的新自行車時,高興得叫了起來.

來自辭典例句

4. Pump your fist in the air and go Whoop Whoop!

幫浦你的拳頭空中和去興奮的叫興奮的叫!

來自互聯網

5. Every spring they whoop it up for the circus.

每年春天他們都要替馬戲團大加宣傳.

來自互聯網