2015年6月26日 星期五

hooray, hurrahs and harrumphs /線上英文字典

Krugman: Hooray for Obamacare

The reality of Obamacare is that it’s a tremendous success, which was conservatives’ big fear.


Hurrahs and Harrumphs for T-Mobile
By DAVID POGUE 27 minutes ago
Many readers are thrilled by T-Mobile's new policies. But there is, as always, a sizable crowd who object.

  hurrahs and harrumphs 贊聲與噓聲



harrumph

Pronunciation: /həˈrʌmf/

Definition of harrumph
verb
[no object]
  • clear the throat noisily: he harrumphed and said, ‘I am deeply obliged.’
  • grumpily express dissatisfaction or disapproval:sceptics tend to harrumph at case histories like this

noun

  • a noisy clearing of the throat.
  • a grumpy expression of dissatisfaction or disapproval: the violence in the material is not new, his harrumphs notwithstanding [as exclamation]:one can hear the objections already: too much trouble ... positively silly ... harrumph!

Origin:

1930s: imitative




hurrah


 音節
hur • rah
発音
hərɑ'ː | hu-
[間]((古風))フレー, 万歳(歓喜・激励・承認などの叫び声)
Hurrah for the Queen
女王陛下万歳.
━━[動](自)フレー[万歳]と叫ぶ.
━━(他)…を歓声をあげて励ます[迎える].
━━[名]
1 フレーという叫び声.
2 がやがや;騒々しい[はでな]誇示. (またhur・ráy, hoo・ráh)




hurrah

Pronunciation: /hʊˈrɑː/

(also hooray, hurray /hʊˈreɪ/)
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Definition of hurrah


exclamation

  • used to express joy or approval:Hurrah! She’s here at last!

noun

  • an utterance of the word ‘hurrah’: they gave us a loud hurrah as we went by

verb

[no object]
  • shout ‘hurrah’: we waved our swords and hurrahed

Origin:

late 17th century: alteration of huzza; perhaps originally a sailors' cry when hauling

Line breaks: hoo¦ray
Pronunciation: /hʊˈreɪ/ 

Definition of hooray in English:

exclamation

1another word for hurrah.
2Australian /NZ Goodbye:‘Hooray George, promise you’ll come back.’

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今天第一次用牛津大學出版社的網站.
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/hurrah?q=hurrah

十年前多用:Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/



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