whoop
英 [wuːp]
美 [wup]
- n.大声を出す;喘鳴する;泣き叫ぶ;少し
- vt.声を出す;喚起する
- vi. 叫ぶ;あえぐ
語源
英語の語源
- 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.
例文
- 1. The Republicans made a great whoop and a holler about the honesty of federal employees.
- 共和党員は連邦政府関係者のクリーンな問題を大々的に宣伝している。
- 2.Who dares whoop it up here?
- 誰がここで楽しんでいるのか?
漢英文学-中国現代小説から
- 3.He gave a whoop of joy when he saw his new bicycle.
- 彼は自分の新しい自転車を見たとき、喜んで叫んだ。
- 4.Pump your fist in the air and go Whoop Whoop !
- あなたの拳の空中を助けて興奮を解消するのは興奮の叫び!
- 5.Every spring they whoop it up for the circus.
- 毎年春になるとサーカス団の宣伝をしています。
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