单词 | yo-ho |
释义 | yo-hov. intransitive. To shout or cry ‘yo-ho’. Cf. yo-ho int. Π 1771 Choice Spirit's Chaplet 188 Yo ho-ing they tow'd up each gun. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xv. 138 After two or three hours of constant labor at the windlass, heaving and ‘Yo-ho!’-ing with all our might, we brought up an anchor. 1849 C. J. Lever Confessions Con Cregan I. xiii. 183 The very voices that ye-hoed..made delicious music to my ear. 1913 Irish Monthly Dec. 641 Her occupants could hear a hearty seamen's chorus yo-hoed from her decks, where her sailors were busily at work. 1971 Louisiana Hist. 12 349 Sailors are heaving, and hauling, and yo-hoing—mates are shouting and swearing. 2003 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 18 Jan. 4 Fans put on a great show for free. Vikings in helmets yo-hoed enthusiastically. Derivatives yo-ˈhoing n. [compare slightly earlier yo-yoing n.1] ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > call > call or calling to attract attention hailingc1275 heyc1400 hoc1405 sohoa1572 holla1593 hoy1652 halloo1707 hail1811 hillo1823 yo-hoing1840 halloa1898 yoo-hoo1924 yoohooing1954 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast 428 The very yo-ho-ing of the sailors at the ropes sounded sociably upon the ear. 1901 W. Besant Lady of Lynn viii The bargemen brought their..craft alongside with many loud-sounding oaths and the yohoing without which they can do nothing. 2011 Bristol Post (Nexis) 29 June 12 The tour lead [sic] by the experienced and enthusiastic Pirate Pete consisted of a Pirate-mobile, a lot of ‘yo-hoing’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). yo-hoint.n.α. 1700s yo! ho!, 1700s yo, ho, 1700s yoa-hoa, 1700s yoe-hoe, 1700s– yo ho, 1800s yeo ho, 1800s yeo-hoy, 1800s yo-hoy, 1800s– yo-ho, 1800s– yoho. β. 1800s yee ho, 1800s– ye-ho, 1800s– yee-ho. Also with reduplication of the second element. A. int. An exclamation, used: (a) as a greeting or to attract attention (cf. yo int. 1, ho int.1 2, yoo-hoo int.) (now rare); (b) to incite or encourage the performance of an action, esp. in chants or songs formerly used by sailors while hauling a rope or carrying out some other strenuous, rhythmically repetitive task, to help regulate the timing of the action (cf. yo-heave-ho int.).Frequent (in both senses) in nautical contexts, and hence as an exclamation considered typical of seafarers. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry or shout [interjection] > specific call or hail heya1225 halec1300 hillaa1400 what hoc1405 hoc1430 oyeza1450 heh1475 hi?c1475 oy1488 whata1556 holla1598 sola1598 hillo1603 hallow1674 woo-hoo1697 hip1735 yo-ho1748 high1760 yo-heave-ho1790 holla ho!1796 whoo-ee1811 hello1826 tit1827 hullo1857 ahoy1885 yoo-hoo1924 hi-de-hi1941 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. 219 Yo, ho! brother, you must come along with me. 1759 Life & Real Adventures Hamilton Murray I. xi. 125 Yo ho, abast there, call all hands directly. 1794 Adventures Henry Fitzherbert, Gentleman 171 A gentleman in a naval captain's uniform..called out to me, Yo! ho! messmate, what I have come up with you at last? 1804 Naval Chron. 12 47 British Sailors have a knack; Haul away! yeo ho, Boys! 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. ii. 53 Yo ho, my young un, whence and whither bound, my hearty? 1843 C. Dickens Christmas Carol ii. 45 ‘Yo ho, my boys!’ said Fezziwig. ‘No more work to-night’. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. i. 2 Fifteen men on the dead man's chest—Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum! 1907 Pall Mall Mag. Aug. 173/1 Heave, my lads, yo ho! For Californ—i—o! 1921 J. Castier & R. Boswell tr. A. Maurois Gen. Bramble ix. 87 ‘Yo-ho! Hello-o!’ shouted the Infant Dundas. 1939 H. W. Thompson Body, Boots & Britches 43 Three pirates came to London town—Yo-ho. Yo-ho! 2014 San Bernardino (Calif.) Sun (Nexis) 7 Oct. Yo ho ho, the Pirates are even planning for someone to walk the plank, which would shiver me timbers and scare me parrot. B. n. An exclamation or cry of ‘yo ho’. See sense A. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > [noun] > call > specific call oyezc1440 cooee1790 ahoy1815 yo-ho1823 woo-hoo1880 1823 Manch. Iris 20 Sept. 306/2 The yo-hoy of the sailors. 1833 M. Tufts Shores of Vespucci x. 73 The Ye Ho! of the sailors was heard. 1849 C. J. Lever Confessions Con Cregan I. xviii. 287 The pleasant ye-ho! of the sailors. 1929 Musical Times 70 902/1 ‘Westward Ho’ is written..in an old-fashioned style, making its points with a yeo-ho-ho and all that. 1955 Boys' Life Sept. 24/3 A great yo-ho and whooping welled over the hill, and a row of wild faces appeared on the crest of the rise. 1983 19th-cent. Music 7 67/2 The ‘Yo-ho’ of the sailors in Der fliegende Holländer. 2014 Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 14 Nov. One moonless night he left his mansion and his wife and children and ran away to sea with a yo-ho-ho to be a pirate captain. CompoundsΠ 1887 Academy 7 May 317/3 The despised bow-wow theory would, after all, have something in it. On the analogy of that famous nickname, one may, perhaps, venture to suggest the yo-ho theory as a convenient appellation for Noiré's view; yo-ho being..the clamor concomitans of sailors engaged in working a capstan. 1911 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 24 389 The ‘yo-ho’ theory may well be applied to the origin of the work-song phrase. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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