A hound yelped briefly as a whip cracked.是什么意思？

A hound yelped briefly as a whip cracked.

鞭子一响,猎狗发出一阵嗥叫.

hound

n. 猎狗，猎犬，卑劣的人，[动]角鲨，星鲨，弓鳍鱼，有…迷[瘾]的人；vt. 追猎，不断侵扰，烦扰，激励，嗾使，煽动；

例句
The Basset Hound moves in a smooth, powerful, and effortless manner.
巴吉度猎犬以平稳 、 有力和轻松的方式行走.

yelped

v. 发出短而尖的叫声( yelp的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句
The dog yelped excitedly when his master opened a desk drawer and produced his leash.
主人打开抽屉拿出牵狗用的皮带时，狗兴奋地叫了起来。

briefly

adv. 短暂地，简单地，简略地，略略；

例句
We shall first look briefly at the historical antecedents of this theory.
我们首先应大致看一下该理论在历史上的前身。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

whip

vt. 鞭打，抽打，严厉地折磨、责打或责备，迫使，把…打起泡沫；vi. 烤，烘，烘干；n. 鞭子，鞭伤，鞭痕，鞭状物，组织秘书，立法机构的一员；

例句
Few people doubt his ability to whip the economy into shape.
几乎无人怀疑他整顿经济的能力。

cracked

adj. 有裂缝的，声音沙哑的，精神失常的；v. 破裂，崩溃(crack的过去分词)，发沙哑声；

例句
A gas main had cracked under my neighbour's garage and gas had seeped into our homes...
邻居车库下面的煤气总管裂开了，煤气渗入了我们家。