单词 | hulloa |
释义 | hullo, hulloa, int.|həˈləʊ| [Cf. hallo, hillo, hollo.] A call used to hail a person or to excite his attention. Also used in response to a telephone call and (freq. repeated) to express surprise. Cf. hallo int., hello int. b.
1857Hughes Tom Brown i. ix, Hullo, who's there? 1882Mrs. J. H. Riddell Daisies & B. III. 57 Hulloa, you sir! 1900C. H. Chambers Tyranny of Tears 3 [Goes to telephone.] Hullo! hullo! [Gives them a ring up.] Are you there? 1906Daily Chron. 31 May 4/7 The telephone..we both begin with the same word: ‘Hullo!’ 1931D. L. Sayers Five Red Herrings xix. 193 ‘Hullo-ullo-ullo!’ he said. ‘So here we are again.’ 1959Listener 13 Aug. 248/2 If, when you take off the receiver, you say ‘Hullo!’ just think how absurd that is. Why, you might be saying ‘Hullo!’ to a total stranger. 1972N. Marsh Tied up in Tinsel viii. 198 Hullo-ullo! I thought there was something there. |

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