yahoo
/jəˈhuː/ (bre, ipa) · [jˈɑhˌu] /ˌjɑːˈhuː/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈjɑːhuː/ (bre, ipa) · [jˈɑhˌu] /ˈjɑːhuː/ (ame, ipa) · [jˈɑhˌu] /ˈyā-(ˌ)hü ˈyä-/ (ame, mw)
yahoo — exclamation
1. a loud, spontaneous shout you let out when something exciting or pleasing happen
a loud, spontaneous shout you let out when something exciting or pleasing happens, often when winning, escaping work, or hearing fun news.
Yahoo! Sade screamed when she crossed the finish line ahead of the other runners.
standalone shout at the start of a sentence
Walid threw his pencil into the air and yelled "Yahoo!" when the maths exam ended.
quoted inside a sentence to report the shout
The children shouted yahoo and ran towards the playground after the long bus ride.
"Yahoo, the rain stopped!" Élise said, opening the kitchen door to the garden.
用法筆記
Almost always spoken or quoted in writing, often as a stand-alone interjection at the very start of a sentence; rarely appears inside formal prose.
常見錯誤
yahoo — noun
- yahoosingular
- yahoosplural
1. a person you find loud, badly behaved, and lacking in manners or general knowled
a person you find loud, badly behaved, and lacking in manners or general knowledge — often used with mild contempt to describe rowdy strangers.
A group of yahoos at the next table kept banging the wall and shouting through dinner.
plural noun used to describe rowdy strangers
Christopher complained that some yahoo had thrown beer cans into his front garden overnight.
singular: 'some yahoo' for an unnamed rude person
Nila called the drivers honking outside the hospital a bunch of inconsiderate yahoos.
Kenji refused to share a flat with three yahoos who left rubbish in the hallway every night.
The librarian asked the yahoos at the back to lower their voices or leave the reading room.
- lout
British, similar register; often a rough young man
- boor
more formal, focuses on bad manners rather than noise
- ruffian
stronger, suggests potential aggression or threat
- philistine
highlights lack of culture rather than rudeness
- gentleman
polite, well-mannered person
- sophisticate
cultured, refined person
文法句型
a/an + yahoo
yahoos (plural)
用法筆記
Subject is usually the speaker's judgement of someone else's behaviour, not a neutral description; the word carries built-in disapproval, so do not pair it with admiring adjectives.