资料来源 : pyDict
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Halloo \Hal*loo"\, n. [Perh. fr. ah + lo; cf. AS. eal[=a], G.
halloh, F. haler to set (a dog) on. Cf. {Hollo}, interj.]
A loud exclamation; a call to invite attention or to incite a
person or an animal; a shout.
List! List! I hear Some far off halloo break the silent
air. --Milton.
Halloo \Hal*loo"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hallooed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Halloing}.]
To cry out; to exclaim with a loud voice; to call to a
person, as by the word halloo.
Country folks hallooed and hooted after me. --Sir P.
Sidney.
Halloo \Hal*loo"\, v. t.
1. To encourage with shouts.
Old John hallooes his hounds again. --Prior.
2. To chase with shouts or outcries.
If I fly . . . Halloo me like a hare. --Shak.
3. To call or shout to; to hail. --Shak.
Halloo \Hal*loo"\, interj. [OE. halow. See {Halloo}, n.]
An exclamation to call attention or to encourage one.
资料来源 : WordNet®
halloo
n : a shout to attract attention; "he gave a great halloo but no
one heard him"
v 1: urge on with shouts; "halloo the dogs in a hunt"
2: shout `halloo', as when greeting someone or attracting
attention