Halloo
[hә'lu:]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
校對:佩德罗--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
尤金校對
同義詞及近義詞:
v. n. Shout, call, cry out.
n. Holla, shout, call.
校對:鲁珀特
解釋/意思:
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/造句/用法:
- Halloo-o-o-o! 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Therefore, as soon as they arrive within hearing, they stop and halloo, remaining there till invited to enter. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Here I saw something: Halloo! 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- At a more than ordinary pitch of thumping and hallooing in the passage, he exclaimed, Devil take those young dogs! 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- She came hallooing to the window, How do you do, my dear? 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- There were low rambling buildings of concrete barred with heavy impassable doors, and no amount of hammering and hallooing brought any response. 愛德格·賴斯·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. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Whatever was wanted was hallooed for, and the servants hallooed out their excuses from the kitchen. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
校對:谢尔曼