yahoo
/jəˈhuː/ (bre, ipa) · [jˈɑhˌu] /ˌjɑːˈhuː/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈjɑːhuː/ (bre, ipa) · [jˈɑhˌu] /ˈjɑːhuː/ (ame, ipa) · [jˈɑhˌu] /ˈyā-(ˌ)hü ˈyä-/ (ame, mw)
yahoo — 感嘆詞
1. a loud, spontaneous shout you let out when something exciting or pleasing happen
耶；好耶
興奮高興時的叫喊聲
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.
「耶！」Sade 領先其他選手衝過終點線時大叫。
standalone shout at the start of a sentence
Walid threw his pencil into the air and yelled "Yahoo!" when the maths exam ended.
數學考試結束時，Walid 把鉛筆往上一拋，大喊「耶！」
quoted inside a sentence to report the shout
The children shouted yahoo and ran towards the playground after the long bus ride.
坐了好久的公車後，孩子們大喊「好耶」，往遊樂場跑去。
"Yahoo, the rain stopped!" Élise said, opening the kitchen door to the garden.
「好耶，雨停了！」Élise 邊說邊把廚房門打開走向花園。
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 — 名詞
- yahoosingular
- yahoosplural
1. a person you find loud, badly behaved, and lacking in manners or general knowled
粗鄙之徒
舉止粗魯、吵鬧又沒教養的人
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.
隔壁桌一群粗鄙之徒整頓飯都在拍牆吼叫。
plural noun used to describe rowdy strangers
Christopher complained that some yahoo had thrown beer cans into his front garden overnight.
Christopher 抱怨有個粗鄙之徒整晚把啤酒罐丟進他家前院。
singular: 'some yahoo' for an unnamed rude person
Nila called the drivers honking outside the hospital a bunch of inconsiderate yahoos.
Nila 把在醫院外面狂按喇叭的駕駛罵成一群沒水準的粗鄙之徒。
Kenji refused to share a flat with three yahoos who left rubbish in the hallway every night.
Kenji 拒絕跟三個每晚把垃圾留在走廊的粗鄙之徒合租。
The librarian asked the yahoos at the back to lower their voices or leave the reading room.
圖書館員請後排那群粗鄙之徒小聲一點，否則就離開閱覽室。
- 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.