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 whoop [hwu:p]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 大叫, 呐喊, 一点点

vi. 叫喊, 鸣叫

vt. 高声说, 唤起

[医] 哮咳, 吼声




    whoop
    [ noun ]
    1. a loud hooting cry of exultation or excitement

    2. <noun.communication>
    [ verb ]
    1. shout, as if with joy or enthusiasm

    2. <verb.communication>
      The children whooped when they were led to the picnic table
    3. cough spasmodically

    4. <verb.body> hack
      The patient with emphysema is hacking all day


    Whoop \Whoop\, n. [See Hoopoe.] (Zo["o]l.)
    The hoopoe.


    Whoop \Whoop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whooped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Whooping}.] [OE. houpen. See {Hoop}, v. i.]
    1. To utter a whoop, or loud cry, as eagerness, enthusiasm,
    or enjoyment; to cry out; to shout; to halloo; to utter a
    war whoop; to hoot, as an owl.

    Each whooping with a merry shout. --Wordsworth.

    When naught was heard but now and then the howl
    Of some vile cur, or whooping of the owl. --W.
    Browne.

    2. To cough or breathe with a sonorous inspiration, as in
    whooping cough.


    Whoop \Whoop\, v. t.
    To insult with shouts; to chase with derision.

    And suffered me by the voice of slaves to be
    Whooped out of Rome. --Shak.


    Whoop \Whoop\, n.
    1. A shout of pursuit or of war; a very of eagerness,
    enthusiasm, enjoyment, vengeance, terror, or the like; an
    halloo; a hoot, or cry, as of an owl.

    A fox, crossing the road, drew off a considerable
    detachment, who clapped spurs to their horses, and
    pursued him with whoops and halloos. --Addison.

    The whoop of the crane. --Longfellow.

    2. A loud, shrill, prolonged sound or sonorous inspiration,
    as in whooping cough.

    Hoopoe \Hoop"oe\, Hoopoo \Hoop"oo\, n. [So called from its cry;
    cf. L. upupa, Gr. ?, D. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G.
    wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zo["o]l.)
    A European bird of the genus {Upupa} ({Upupa epops}), having
    a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure,
    and a slender down-curving bill. Called also {hoop}, {whoop}.
    The name is also applied to several other species of the same
    genus and allied genera.


    Hoop \Hoop\, v. i. [OE. houpen; cf. F. houper to hoop, to shout;
    -- a hunting term, prob. fr. houp, an interj. used in
    calling. Cf. {Whoop}.]
    1. To utter a loud cry, or a sound imitative of the word, by
    way of call or pursuit; to shout. [Usually written
    {whoop}.]

    2. To whoop, as in whooping cough. See {Whoop}.

    {Hooping cough}. (Med.) See {Whooping cough}.

    1. Hockey stick?' The minister was scribbling furiously; Julian had started to whoop. 'Some of these British inventions are still in pre-production, but others are set to roll.
    2. A man who learned how to yell in the swamps of eastern North Carolina captured the National Hollerin' Contest championship Saturday night with fire siren-style whoop.
    3. While people there were celebrating, he said, the zone military commander told them to whoop it up all they wanted but to bear in mind that the Americans were leaving _ and he was staying.
    4. At an auction at Sotheby's, the businessman bid for a de Kooning, and let out a whoop as his bid won at $2.5 million.
    5. The game is for parties to arrive by cab, whoop it up, then the one ending with the highest count on the breathalyser pays everyone's fare home. 'It's become a question of honour to be the one who pays,' the owner sighed.
    6. "And he let out a whoop.
    7. But even as Memphians whoop it up, the prediction that the Big One may come in December is triggering tremors up and down the Mississippi Valley.
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