单词 | yo-hope |
释义 | yo-hopen.int. Nautical. Now historical and rare. A task regulated by a chant or song of the type used by sailors when hauling ropes or performing other strenuous, rhythmically repetitive tasks; the chant so used. Also as int.Cf. yo-ho int. and n., yo-heave-ho int. and n. 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 society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > types of song > [noun] > sailors' songs sea-song1659 yo-hope1724 jorram1774 barcarolle1779 tactic1779 boat song1806 Nancy Dawsona1827 stamp and go1830 shanty1856 fore-bitter1906 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates x. 201 This yo hope of heaving up the Anchor, was a needless trouble, when they design'd to burn the Ship. 1724 ‘C. Johnson’ Gen. Hist. Pyrates (ed. 2) xi. 306 Captain, what signifies this Trouble of Yo Hope, and straining in hot Weather. 1924 P. Gosse Pirates' Who's Who 311 He cut the [anchor] cable , explaining to the captain that the weather was too hot to go straining and crying ‘Yo Hope’. 2014 N. E. Turner My Name is Resolute iii. 39 I saw a set of oars thrust from our ship's sides begin to move in tandem to a chant of ‘Yo-hope!’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.int.1724 |
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