galp

词形变化

galped galping galps 三单 galps galping 现在分词 galped 过去式 galped 过去分词

别名

gaup gawp

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To gape; yawn.

    古体 不及物

词源

From Middle English galpen, from Old English *galpian, *ġealpian (“to gape, yawn, gulp”), suggested by derivative Old English ġealpettan (“to gulp down, eat greedily, devour”), from Proto-West Germanic *galpōn, from Proto-Germanic *galpōną (“to gape, yawn, sound out, yap”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to call, cry out, shout, scream”). Cognate with North Frisian galpe (“to shout”), Saterland Frisian galpje (“to call, cry out, resound”), Low German galpen (“to bellow, roar, howl, bark”), Dutch galpen (“to yell, shout, howl”), dialectal Swedish galpa (“to screech, scream”), French japper (“to yelp, bark”). More at yelp.

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