yopron.

Brit.

/jəʊ/, U.S.

/joʊ/, Caribbean English

/joː/

Forms: 1700s– yo, 1800s– yo'.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: you pron.

Etymology: Representing a regional pronunciation of you pron. (compare forms at that entry), perhaps reflecting an originally unstressed form which has been restressed. Compare yo adj.

regional (now esp. Caribbean and in African-American usage).

= you pron. Cf. yo adj.

ΚΠ

a1730 Robin an's Gonny (Folger Library MS V.a. 308) in Folk Music Jrnl. (1986) 5 221 But yo mun know, Robin he geet a fow thwack.

?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 14 Yo coom farrantly off.

1814 J. Byrom Misc. Poems (new ed.) I. 119 The Justices for feear he shid rebel Had usend him as yo done other foke.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. vi. 90 Yo stop here, and I'll be back in half-an-hour.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxii. 184 Yo jes keep to yo own row.

1897 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 19 June Nah, then, shooit, or ah'll mak yo!

1937 C. B. Himes in Esquire Jan. 64/1 Niggah, ef'n yo is talkin' tuh me, Ah ain' liss'nin'.

1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. b12/4 It looks to me like yo're fixin' to git took for the dollar an' thirty cents.

1977 R. Scollins & J. Titford Ey up, mi Duck! III. 2 An yo gorra match?

2000 H. N. Thomas in N. Hopkinson Whispers from Cotton Tree Root 99 Yo' want yo' bladder sewn up!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

yoint.n.

Brit.

/jəʊ/, U.S.

/joʊ/

Forms: late Middle English ȝo, late Middle English io, 1600s– yo, 1700s–1800s yeo, 1800s yeoh, 1800s– yoh.

Origin: An imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Imitative. Compare ho int.¹

A. int.

1. An exclamation used to attract attention, to express warning, surprise, etc., or to incite or encourage action; hey! Later (colloquial (frequently in African-American usage)) used as a greeting or in response to a greeting.With use in hunting contexts, cf. yoi int. With use in nautical contexts, where the word frequently shows reduplication, cf. yo-ho int. and n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > answer > in Greeting [interjection]

yoa1475

hello1877

eh up1902

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > call for attention [interjection]

loOE

lookOE

heya1225

halec1300

notac1392

what hoc1405

yoa1475

behold1535

hist1599

nota benea1721

see1863

psst1875

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun]

clepingc975

rouna1225

grede13..

voicec1375

cryc1380

outcrya1382

clepea1400

interjectionc1430

scrightc1440

yoa1475

braya1500

shout?a1513

roupingc1550

acclamation1562

outcry1587

whewing?1590

cry-out1814

redound1825

oh-ing1843

shriekc1853

ejaculation1863

blurt1864

spasmodics1865

yo-yoing1874

ejaculatory1883

yip-yipping1910

yip1911

yipping1951

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations

oeOE

heya1225

ouc1300

we13..

hac1320

how1377

how now?c1380

vaha1382

ha a!c1386

ha ha!c1386

hoa1400

ohoa1400

yowc1440

yoa1475

heh1475

hey ho?c1475

huffc1485

wemaya1500

whewa1500

wow1513

huffa?1520

gup?1528

ist1540

whow1542

hougha1556

whoo1570

good-now1578

ooh1602

phew1604

highday1606

huh1608

whoo-whoop1611

sessaa1616

tara1672

hegh1723

hip1735

waugha1766

whoofa1766

jee1786

goody1796

yaw1797

hech1808

whoo-ee1811

whizz1812

yah1812

soh1815

sirs1816

how1817

quep1822

soho1825

ow1834

ouch1838

pfui1838

suz1844

shoo1845

yoop1847

upsadaisy1862

houp-la1870

hooch1871

nu1892

ouff1898

upsy1903

oo-er1909

ooh-wee1910

eina1913

oops1921

whoopsie1923

whoops-a-daisy1925

hot-cha-cha1929

upsadaisy1929

walla1929

hotcha1931

hi-de-ho1936

po po po1936

ho-de-ho1941

oh, oh1944

oopsy1956

chingas1984

bambi2007

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of greeting

hailc1200

all haila1393

yoa1475

salutation1535

hail1604

chin chin1625

wassaila1643

hallo1841

hello1853

good day1857

hi1862

all right1868

g'day1894

'lo1913

ciao1929

hiya1940

hidey1941

well-done1971

wagwan1983

a1475 (a1450) Tournam. of Tottenham (Harl.) (1930) l. 144 (MED) I am in my iolyte, With io forth, Gybbe!

c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 457 Myscheff. How, Neu Gyse, Nowadays, herke or I goo! When owr hedys wer togethere I spake of si dedero. Neu Gyse. Ȝo [emended in ed. to Ȝe], go þi wey! We xall gaþer mony onto.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 12 Io furth, Greynhorne! and war oute, Gryme!

a1679 R. Wild Benefice (1689) iv. 46 Have you any Work for a Tinker?—Yo—Friend,—Will you set a poor Tinker on Work?

1772 Monthly Rev. 42 191/1 The scene was quite chang'd, 'twas no more yo, yo-ho.

1792 I. Bickerstaff Spoil'd Child ii. 19 A sailor's life for me, Sir. Yeo, yeo, yeo! yeo, yeo, yeo! While the boatswain pipes all hands With a yeo, yeo, yeo, Sir.

1806 G. Pinckard Notes W. Indies III. 343 A string of negroes singing out in the sailors' cry—yeoh-yeoh, yeoh-yeoh, and hauling at a long rope.

1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. ii. 5 Yo there! Stand! I shall fire!

1919 Marine (Paris Island) 12 Mar. 5 Every morning we fall out at six o'clock and yell 'YO' when our name is called. We like it.

1920 W. B. Ellington Company ‘A’ 23rd Engineers 112 Yo!! Breakfast.

1980 A. Tyler Morgan's Passing ii. ii. 37 ‘Fresco?’ he called. ‘Yo,’ Fresco said from the rear.

1988 N. Y. Times (Nexis) 31 Aug. b8 I can't count the times that people have greeted me with, ‘Yo, man, what's happening?’

2014 ‘K. Perry’ et al. This is how we Do (song) in Prism (CD lyrics booklet) 6/2 Yo, shoutout to all you kids Buying bottle service with your rent money.

2. slang (originally in African-American usage). In weakened use, following or punctuating an utterance for emphasis or as a general conversational filler.

ΚΠ

?1987 ‘DJ Jazzy Jeff’ & ‘The Fresh Prince’ Girls ain't Nothing but Trouble (transcribed from music video) But enough about me, yo, let's talk about you.

1991 D. Simon Homicide (1993) 117 Somebody 'round here been doin' some talking, yo.

1999 New Yorker 18 Oct. 205/1 I'm trying to take everyone with me, but there's a lot of pressure, yo.

2014 A. Abrams Caught Up v. 42 She ain't ready for it, fam. You can look at 'er 'n' tell. She a youngin', yo.

B. n.

An exclamation or cry of ‘yo’.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > other specific cries or exclamations

O?c1225

heyc1400

hoc1405

whoopc1450

oha1535

ooh1602

whowb1602

phew1613

hogmanay1692

ah1712

yo-hope1724

whew1751

whoo1763

yah1812

yo-heave-ho1813

yoicks1817

yo-he-ho1827

yo1830

boo1833

yoick1854

hot-cha-cha1932

ooh-la-la1952

ooh-ah1957

eina1971

eish2005

1830 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 70 Sundry boatmen, that with quick yeo's, Lest it should blow,—were pulling up the Rose.

1895 Baily's Mag. Sports & Pastimes June 397/1 He [sc. a huntsman] pins them [sc. the hounds] to the spot where his fox has surely passed, with a ‘yoh’.

1936 Liberty 5 Dec. 17/1 As each name was called there was a loud ‘Yo’.

1999 Black Camera 14 2/1 In fact, one reviewer said your role was a stereotypical role with the ‘yos’ and ghetto kind of language.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yo
释义	yopron. Brit. /jəʊ/, U.S. /joʊ/, Caribbean English /joː/ Forms: 1700s– yo, 1800s– yo'. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: you pron. Etymology: Representing a regional pronunciation of you pron. (compare forms at that entry), perhaps reflecting an originally unstressed form which has been restressed. Compare yo adj. regional (now esp. Caribbean and in African-American usage). = you pron. Cf. yo adj. ΚΠ a1730 Robin an's Gonny (Folger Library MS V.a. 308) in Folk Music Jrnl. (1986) 5 221 But yo mun know, Robin he geet a fow thwack. ?1746 ‘T. Bobbin’ View Lancs. Dial. 14 Yo coom farrantly off. 1814 J. Byrom Misc. Poems (new ed.) I. 119 The Justices for feear he shid rebel Had usend him as yo done other foke. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. vi. 90 Yo stop here, and I'll be back in half-an-hour. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxii. 184 Yo jes keep to yo own row. 1897 Leeds Mercury Weekly Suppl. 19 June Nah, then, shooit, or ah'll mak yo! 1937 C. B. Himes in Esquire Jan. 64/1 Niggah, ef'n yo is talkin' tuh me, Ah ain' liss'nin'. 1970 Washington Post 30 Sept. b12/4 It looks to me like yo're fixin' to git took for the dollar an' thirty cents. 1977 R. Scollins & J. Titford Ey up, mi Duck! III. 2 An yo gorra match? 2000 H. N. Thomas in N. Hopkinson Whispers from Cotton Tree Root 99 Yo' want yo' bladder sewn up! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yoadj. Brit. /jəʊ/, U.S. /joʊ/, Caribbean English /joː/ Forms: 1800s– yo, 1800s– yo'. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: your adj. Etymology: Representing a regional pronunciation of your adj. (compare forms at that entry), perhaps reflecting an originally unstressed form which has been restressed. Compare yo pron. Chiefly U.S. regional (southern), Caribbean, and in African-American usage. = your adj. ΚΠ 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin in National Era 5 Feb. 21/6 Yo jes keep to yo own row. 1893 B. Harte Sally Dows 85 I reckon I stood on yo' head for five minutes. 1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xxiv. 271 Minnie tapped at the door. ‘Here yo dinner.’ 1973 Black World June 61 Saturday nite take yo shoes off at the door. 1994 J. Dupri & C. Kelly Give it 2 Ya (song, perf. ‘Da Brat’) in Hip-hop & Rap (2003) 139 Lay back and listen As I bust for yo' ass on this funkdafied mission. 2006 G. Malkani Londonstani xv. 180 Hardjit's like,—Dude, why's yo mama always chattin like dem desis on da BBC? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yoint.n. Brit. /jəʊ/, U.S. /joʊ/ Forms: late Middle English ȝo, late Middle English io, 1600s– yo, 1700s–1800s yeo, 1800s yeoh, 1800s– yoh. Origin: An imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Imitative. Compare ho int.¹ A. int. 1. An exclamation used to attract attention, to express warning, surprise, etc., or to incite or encourage action; hey! Later (colloquial (frequently in African-American usage)) used as a greeting or in response to a greeting.With use in hunting contexts, cf. yoi int. With use in nautical contexts, where the word frequently shows reduplication, cf. yo-ho int. and n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > in Greeting [interjection] yoa1475 hello1877 eh up1902 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > call for attention [interjection] loOE lookOE heya1225 halec1300 notac1392 what hoc1405 yoa1475 behold1535 hist1599 nota benea1721 see1863 psst1875 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] clepingc975 rouna1225 grede13.. voicec1375 cryc1380 outcrya1382 clepea1400 interjectionc1430 scrightc1440 yoa1475 braya1500 shout?a1513 roupingc1550 acclamation1562 outcry1587 whewing?1590 cry-out1814 redound1825 oh-ing1843 shriekc1853 ejaculation1863 blurt1864 spasmodics1865 yo-yoing1874 ejaculatory1883 yip-yipping1910 yip1911 yipping1951 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [interjection] > other specific cries or exclamations oeOE heya1225 ouc1300 we13.. hac1320 how1377 how now?c1380 vaha1382 ha a!c1386 ha ha!c1386 hoa1400 ohoa1400 yowc1440 yoa1475 heh1475 hey ho?c1475 huffc1485 wemaya1500 whewa1500 wow1513 huffa?1520 gup?1528 ist1540 whow1542 hougha1556 whoo1570 good-now1578 ooh1602 phew1604 highday1606 huh1608 whoo-whoop1611 sessaa1616 tara1672 hegh1723 hip1735 waugha1766 whoofa1766 jee1786 goody1796 yaw1797 hech1808 whoo-ee1811 whizz1812 yah1812 soh1815 sirs1816 how1817 quep1822 soho1825 ow1834 ouch1838 pfui1838 suz1844 shoo1845 yoop1847 upsadaisy1862 houp-la1870 hooch1871 nu1892 ouff1898 upsy1903 oo-er1909 ooh-wee1910 eina1913 oops1921 whoopsie1923 whoops-a-daisy1925 hot-cha-cha1929 upsadaisy1929 walla1929 hotcha1931 hi-de-ho1936 po po po1936 ho-de-ho1941 oh, oh1944 oopsy1956 chingas1984 bambi2007 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous expressions [interjection] > expressions of greeting hailc1200 all haila1393 yoa1475 salutation1535 hail1604 chin chin1625 wassaila1643 hallo1841 hello1853 good day1857 hi1862 all right1868 g'day1894 'lo1913 ciao1929 hiya1940 hidey1941 well-done1971 wagwan1983 a1475 (a1450) Tournam. of Tottenham (Harl.) (1930) l. 144 (MED) I am in my iolyte, With io forth, Gybbe! c1475 Mankind (1969) l. 457 Myscheff. How, Neu Gyse, Nowadays, herke or I goo! When owr hedys wer togethere I spake of si dedero. Neu Gyse. Ȝo [emended in ed. to Ȝe], go þi wey! We xall gaþer mony onto. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. ii. 12 Io furth, Greynhorne! and war oute, Gryme! a1679 R. Wild Benefice (1689) iv. 46 Have you any Work for a Tinker?—Yo—Friend,—Will you set a poor Tinker on Work? 1772 Monthly Rev. 42 191/1 The scene was quite chang'd, 'twas no more yo, yo-ho. 1792 I. Bickerstaff Spoil'd Child ii. 19 A sailor's life for me, Sir. Yeo, yeo, yeo! yeo, yeo, yeo! While the boatswain pipes all hands With a yeo, yeo, yeo, Sir. 1806 G. Pinckard Notes W. Indies III. 343 A string of negroes singing out in the sailors' cry—yeoh-yeoh, yeoh-yeoh, and hauling at a long rope. 1859 C. Dickens Tale of Two Cities i. ii. 5 Yo there! Stand! I shall fire! 1919 Marine (Paris Island) 12 Mar. 5 Every morning we fall out at six o'clock and yell 'YO' when our name is called. We like it. 1920 W. B. Ellington Company ‘A’ 23rd Engineers 112 Yo!! Breakfast. 1980 A. Tyler Morgan's Passing ii. ii. 37 ‘Fresco?’ he called. ‘Yo,’ Fresco said from the rear. 1988 N. Y. Times (Nexis) 31 Aug. b8 I can't count the times that people have greeted me with, ‘Yo, man, what's happening?’ 2014 ‘K. Perry’ et al. This is how we Do (song) in Prism (CD lyrics booklet) 6/2 Yo, shoutout to all you kids Buying bottle service with your rent money. 2. slang (originally in African-American usage). In weakened use, following or punctuating an utterance for emphasis or as a general conversational filler. ΚΠ ?1987 ‘DJ Jazzy Jeff’ & ‘The Fresh Prince’ Girls ain't Nothing but Trouble (transcribed from music video) But enough about me, yo, let's talk about you. 1991 D. Simon Homicide (1993) 117 Somebody 'round here been doin' some talking, yo. 1999 New Yorker 18 Oct. 205/1 I'm trying to take everyone with me, but there's a lot of pressure, yo. 2014 A. Abrams Caught Up v. 42 She ain't ready for it, fam. You can look at 'er 'n' tell. She a youngin', yo. B. n. An exclamation or cry of ‘yo’. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [noun] > other specific cries or exclamations O?c1225 heyc1400 hoc1405 whoopc1450 oha1535 ooh1602 whowb1602 phew1613 hogmanay1692 ah1712 yo-hope1724 whew1751 whoo1763 yah1812 yo-heave-ho1813 yoicks1817 yo-he-ho1827 yo1830 boo1833 yoick1854 hot-cha-cha1932 ooh-la-la1952 ooh-ah1957 eina1971 eish2005 1830 T. Hood in Comic Ann. 70 Sundry boatmen, that with quick yeo's, Lest it should blow,—were pulling up the Rose. 1895 Baily's Mag. Sports & Pastimes June 397/1 He [sc. a huntsman] pins them [sc. the hounds] to the spot where his fox has surely passed, with a ‘yoh’. 1936 Liberty 5 Dec. 17/1 As each name was called there was a loud ‘Yo’. 1999 Black Camera 14 2/1 In fact, one reviewer said your role was a stereotypical role with the ‘yos’ and ghetto kind of language. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < pron.a1730adj.1852int.n.a1475
随便看	have the staff in one's own hand have the staggers have the start have the start of have the sun in one's eyes have the sun shine through have the swap have the technicolor yawn have the teeth cold have the tenace have the time have the use of have the victory have the victory of have the virtues of one's defects have the vote have the wall have the waur have the way have the ways have the weather of have the whip hand have the whip hand of have the wind at will have the wind in one's face

yopron.

yoadj.

yoint.n.