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单词 yikes
释义

yikes

[ yahyks ]
/ yaɪks /

interjection

(an exclamation of surprise or alarm.)

Origin of yikes

First recorded in 1940–45; possibly from yoicks

Words nearby yikes

yield stress, yield to maturity, YIG, Yigdal, yike, yikes, yill, Yima, yin, yin and yang, Yinchuan
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Example sentences from the Web for yikes

  • I did a little research and now, I mean, yikes, he's the guy that's okay with letting schools forcibly pin down autistic kids.

    Bill Maher Finds the Worst Congressman in America|Ana Marie Cox|October 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • And could he—yikes—actually be not just inconvenienced but actually ill?

    Everything You Wanted To Know About Bob Costas’s Olympic Pinkeye|Kent Sepkowitz|February 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
  • Yite I yikes, and boo I yikes; and my dear papa be so very angy, when I tells him all about it.'

    The Maid of Sker|Richard Doddridge Blackmore
  • Geo had only gotten half clear of the entrance when he yelled, "Yikes," and then, "Duck!"

    The Jewels of Aptor|Samuel R. Delany

British Dictionary definitions for yikes

yikes
/ (ˈjaiks) /

interjection

informal an expression of surprise, fear, or alarm
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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