yelps是什么意思？

yelps

• n. （因痛苦、气愤、兴奋等的）短而尖的叫声( yelp的名词复数 )；
• v. 发出短而尖的叫声( yelp的第三人称单数 )；

例句

• From far away drifted a faint, sharp yelp, followed by a chorus of similar sharp yelps. 远方传来一阵微弱而尖锐的呼叫, 随之是一阵相同的尖叫声的合奏.
• As the moments passed the yelps grew closer and louder. 一会儿,呼叫声越来越近、越来越响了.
• The woman emitted queer regular little snores that sounded like yelps. 她那跟怪叫差不多的鼾声一股一股地从被里冒出来.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  （通常因害怕或痛楚）尖叫;（狗）嚎叫
  If a person or dog yelps, they give a sudden short cry, often because of fear or pain.
  例句
  Her dog yelped and came to heel. 她的狗汪地叫了一声，紧跟了上来。