英语词汇yawp的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	yawp
词源	yawp. Walt Whitman famously wrote that he would “sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.” Yawp refers to a sharp cry, a bark, a yelp; or loud, coarse talk. Yawp is sometimes used as the cry of a gull lifting its head and letting loose, sqwarking at the universe. Gulls often make a cacophony of sounds while floating in the water or flying high: yawping, barking, yelping, mewling, even cawing like crows.
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