| 释义 |
ki-yi, v. U.S. colloq.|ˈkaɪˈjaɪ|
Also ki-hi.
[Echoic. According to Farmer, of Negro origin.]
intr. To howl or yelp as a dog, or utter a sound compared to this.
1869Mrs. Stowe Oldtown 332 (Cent.) Hang him [a dog] we did, and he ki-hied with a vigor that strikingly increased the moral effect.
Hence ki-yi n., (a) the howl or yelp of a dog; a whoop; a shout of exultation; (b) a dog.
1884Breadwinners 210 You ought to have heard the ki-yi's that followed. 1886Detroit Free Press 4 Aug. (Farmer), Now and then you will hear a joyous ki-yi come from the direction of a woolly-headed worker. 1895Harper's Mag. Nov. 962/1 I'm not really a ki-yi, and while I don't like bicyclists,..I won't bite you. 1904Buffalo (N.Y.) Express 20 June 4 A butcher in Brussels made sausage of the carcass of a zoo elephant which had been killed. Doubtless the Brussels kiyis yelped for joy. 1913J. London Valley of Moon i. x, But them sickenin', sap-headed stiffs, with the grit of rabbits and the silk of mangy ki-yi's, a-cheerin' me—me! |