释义
[ yuhp ] SHOW IPA
/ yʌp / PHONETIC RESPELLING
Origin of yup form of yeah as an isolated or emphatic utterance, with p representing closing of the lips, creating, in effect, an unreleased labial stop (and perhaps also lowering the vowel); compare the parallel use of p in nope
Words nearby yup Yumpie, Yumpy, yum-yum, Yung Lo, Yunnan, yup , Yupik, yuppie, yuppie disease, yuppie flu, yuppify
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Example sentences from the Web for yup Yup , Evelyn and Donald Knapp are “ordained Christian ministers” suing for the right to discriminate.
Refusing to Marry Same-Sex Couples Isn’t Religious Freedom, It’s Just Discrimination | Sally Kohn| October 23, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Yup , it was right there, within that eight-plex apartment building, where the Ebola outbreak in Dallas refused to die.
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Yup , former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld compared President Obama to an ape.
Fringe Factor: Convicted Killer, Registered Sex Offender Runs for California Governor | Caitlin Dickson| March 30, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Asked about them backstage, Stinson allows an awkward pause, sips his drink and finally just says “Yup .”
Guns N’ Roses Rocks Las Vegas | Richard Abowitz| November 14, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Journals aren't interested in null results or "yup , we replicated that other study"; they want new studies with new findings.
Searching for Fraud | Megan McArdle| October 9, 2012| DAILY BEAST
He gave his head a few experimental twists, and then added in confirmation: "Yup , it's all right."
Sube Cane | Edward Bellamy Partridge
“Yup ,” Alan said, going up the stairs, sticking out his hand.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town | Cory Doctorow
“Yup ,” Seth went on, with a great assumption of unconcern which deceived nobody.
The Watchers of the Plains | Ridgewell Cullum
"Yup ," I said, squinting at the once-again two-dimensioned Red-head.
The Animated Pinup | Lewis Parker
Golly, we nebbah hab to put up with dat nasty salt pork no more now, yup , yup !
Picked up at Sea | J.C. Hutcheson
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