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单词 yippee
释义 yippee, n. and int. orig. U.S.
(jɪpiː, stress variable)
Also yip-ee.
[Perh. connected with hip int. (n.4).]
An exclamation of delight or excitement.
1920S. Lewis Main St. 86 She galloped down a block, and as she jumped from a curb across a welter of slush, she gave a student ‘Yippee!’1939R. Chandler Big Sleep xii. 80, I was being brought into camp. I was going to yell ‘Yippee!’1947N. Marsh Final Curtain xvi. 246 She said ‘Yip-ee’ like a cow-girl.1951J. Fleming Man who looked Back xvi. 212 He permitted himself a loud ‘Yippee!’1961Guardian 19 Apr. 5/1 Yippee. I've been blooded. It's lovely.1976Botham & Donnelly Valentino vii. 51 Rodolpho let rip a great cowboy yippee.1980A. Cornelisen Strangers & Pilgrims viii. 162 It's a boy! A boy! Yippee!
Hence as v. intr., to make this exclamation; yiˈppeeing vbl. n.
1938M. K. Rawlings Yearling xxvi. 351 They capered together and shouted and yippeed until their throats were hoarse.1963A. Lubbock Austral. Roundabout 182 There was bush ballads, and a whistling and yippeeing!1977‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon v. 69 Clarence Tully hilloed. His sons yippeed.
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