Halloo
[hә'lu:]
解释:
(noun.) a shout to attract attention; 'he gave a great halloo but no one heard him'.
(verb.) shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting attention.
(verb.) urge on with shouts; 'halloo the dogs in a hunt'.
校对:佩德罗--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a person or an animal; a shout.
(v. i.) To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a person, as by the word halloo.
(v. t.) To encourage with shouts.
(v. t.) To chase with shouts or outcries.
(v. t.) To call or shout to; to hail.
(n.) An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
尤金校对
同义词及近义词:
v. n. Shout, call, cry out.
n. Holla, shout, call.
校对:鲁珀特
解释:
n. a hunting cry: a cry to draw attention.—v.i. to cry after dogs: to raise an outcry.—v.t. to encourage or chase with shouts.—interjs. Hallo′! Halloa′! used to call attention.—Halloo before one is out of the wood to count on safety before one is out of danger.
整理:华莱士
例句:
- Halloo-o-o-o! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Therefore, as soon as they arrive within hearing, they stop and halloo, remaining there till invited to enter. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
- Here I saw something: Halloo! 柏拉图. 理想国.
- At a more than ordinary pitch of thumping and hallooing in the passage, he exclaimed, Devil take those young dogs! 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- She came hallooing to the window, How do you do, my dear? 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- There were low rambling buildings of concrete barred with heavy impassable doors, and no amount of hammering and hallooing brought any response. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Some one was talking there in a very loud accent; he did not know the voice--more than talking--almost hallooing. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- Whatever was wanted was hallooed for, and the servants hallooed out their excuses from the kitchen. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
校对:谢尔曼