英単語

yelpの意味・使い方・発音

yelp

英 [jelp] 美 [jɛlp]
  • 叫ぶ;吠える
  • vt.(痛みから)叫ぶ;大声を出す
  • n.叫ぶ、叫ぶ;吠える

語源


yelp 叫ぶ。

PIE*ghelから、叫ぶ、泣く、オノマトペ、語源はナイチンゲール、雄叫びと同じ。

英語の語源


yelp (v.)
Old English gielpan (West Saxon), gelpan (Anglian) "to boast, exult," from Proto-Germanic *gel- (cognates: Old Saxon galpon, Old Norse gjalpa "to yelp," Old Norse gjalp "boasting," Old High German gelph "outcry"), from PIE root *ghel- (1) "to cry out" (see yell (v.)). Meaning "utter a quick, sharp, bark or cry" is 1550s, probably from the noun. Related: Yelped; yelping.
yelp (n.)
Old English gielp "boasting, pride, arrogance," from source of yelp (v.). Meaning "quick, sharp bark or cry" is attested from early 16c.

例文


1. I had to bite back a yelp of surprise.
私は我慢して、叫んでいませんでした。

2.She jumped back with a little yelp of surprise.
彼女は驚いて叫んで跳ね返した。

3.His laughter was cathartic,an animal yelp that brought tears to his eyes.
彼は大笑いして気持ちを発散し、声は野獣のように鋭く、涙が出てきた。

4.The dog gave a yelp of pain.
犬が痛くて叫んだ。

5.She gave a little yelp and fled upstairs.
彼女は悲鳴を上げて2階に逃げた。

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