vi.
- (狗)吠
The dog
yelped and ran off.
那狗叫著跑開了。
- (因痛而)叫喊
vt.
- 叫喊著說
n.
- (短促而尖銳的)吠聲(或叫喊聲)[C]
She gave a little
yelp and fled upstairs.
她尖叫了一聲,逃上樓去。
衍生
n.
yelper (叫嗥的狗;獵人用以模仿母野火雞嘯叫的發聲器)
辨析
n.
a short, sharp cry, especially of pain or alarm.
v.
utter a yelp or yelps.
Derivative
Etymology
OE g(i)elpan (v.) ‘to boast’, later ‘cry with a loud voice’, from a Gmc imitative base.