Word OriginOld English g(i)elpan (verb) ‘to boast’, from a Germanic imitative base. From late Middle English ‘cry or sing with a loud voice’ the current sense arose in the 16th cent.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + YELP | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤startled, surprised驚叫▸➤little, small輕聲/小聲喊叫➤loud高聲喊叫VERB + YELP➤give, let out發出喊叫▸➤hear聽到喊叫PREPOSITION➤with a yelp隨着一聲喊叫▸➤yelp of⋯的喊叫◇She jumped back with a little yelp of surprise.她驚叫了一聲跳了回去。◇a yelp of pain疼痛的尖叫➡ note at sound