yelp /ˈjɛlp/
叫吠,叫喊聲(vi.)叫吠,叫喊(vt.)叫喊著說
Yelp v. i. [imp. & p. p. Yelped p. pr. & vb. n. Yelping.]
1. To boast. [Obs.]
I keep [care] not of armes for to yelpe. --Chaucer.
2. To utter a sharp, quick cry, as a hound; to bark shrilly with eagerness, pain, or fear; to yaup.
A little herd of England's timorous deer,
Mazed with a yelping kennel of French curs? --Shak.
At the least flourish of a broomstick or ladle, he would fly to the door with a yelping precipitation. --W. Irving.
Yelp, n. A sharp, quick cry; a bark.
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yelp
n : a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) [syn: yelping]
v : bark in a high-pitched tone; "the puppies yelped" [syn: yip,
yap]