Old English giellan (West Saxon), gellan (Mercian) "to yell, sound, shout," class III strong verb (past tense geal, past participle gollen), from Proto-Germanic *gel- (cognates: Old Norse gjalla "to resound," Middle Dutch ghellen, Dutch gillen, Old High German gellan, German gellen "to yell"), extended form of root of Old English galan "to sing" (source of the -gale in nightingale); from PIE *ghel- (1) "to call, cry out, shout, sing" (cognates: Greek kikhle "thrush," khelidon "the swallow"). Intransitive sense from early 13c. Related: Yelled; yelling.
yell (n.)
late 14c., originally in Scottish, from yell (v.).
雙語例句
1. Something brushed past Bob's face and he let out a yell.
有什么東西從鮑勃的臉上掃過，他大叫了一聲。
來自柯林斯例句
2. "Please don't yell at me." She began to sniffle.