holler

holler
(informal)(非正式)
verb
  1. [no obj.](of a person) give a loud shout or cry
    （人）叫喊
    he hollers when he wants feeding.
    他想吃时就叫喊。
    [with direct speech]‘I can't get down,’ she hollered.
    “我下不来了。”她叫喊道。
noun
  1. a loud cry or shout
    叫喊
    ■(亦作 field holler)(chiefly US)a melodic cry with abrupt or swooping changes of pitch, used originally by black slaves at work in the fields and later contributing to the development of the blues
    (主美)劳动号子（最初是黑奴在田间干活时哼的号子，音高突升突降，旋律优美，后来促成了布鲁斯歌曲的发展）
语源
  1. late 17th cent. (as a verb): variant of the rare verb hollo; related to halloo
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