whoa

FREQ #509

int. 惊叹声, 停止

发音

UK /wəʊ/
UK /ʍəʊ/
US /woʊ/
US /ʍoʊ/

词形变化

whoaed whoaing whoas 三单 whoas whoaing 现在分词 whoaed 过去式 whoaed 过去分词 woa

别名

woa woah whoah

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To attempt to slow (an animal) by crying "whoa".

    及物
interj.
  1. 1.

    Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.

    吁

    Whoa, Nelly!

  2. 2.

    An expression of surprise.

    Whoa, are you serious?

  3. 3.

    Used as a meaningless filler in song lyrics.

    I am the type who is liable to snipe you With two seconds left to go, whoa.

相关短语

whoa back

词源

Whoa (c. 1843) is a variant of woa (c. 1840), itself a variant of wo (c. 1787), from who (c. 1450), ultimately from Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare German ho, Old French ho ! (“hold!, halt!”).

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