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单词 whoa
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Definition of whoa in English:

whoa

(also woah)
exclamation wəʊ(h)woʊ
  • 1Used to express surprise, interest, or alarm, or to command attention.

    〈非正式〉呀(用于打招呼,表示惊讶、兴趣或引起注意等)

    whoa, that's huge!

    呀,真大!

    whoa dudes!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They were having a meal so I sat down for a meal and I just started eating, and I looked across - I said, whoa!
    • We are very outgoing and we feel we're just beautiful, and then we look in the mirror and we're like, whoa!
    • In fact I just read an article online from the New York Times and some of these big labels - whoa!
    • I'm on public transit again, this time I standing, my eyes inadvertently just happen to glance down at the person sitting in front of me when whoa!
    • Your much slimmer than you used to be - I mean you were slim 4 years ago but whoa!
    • I just changed the Skyscraper calendar to March: whoa!
    • Not that I'm not happy to see you alive but… whoa!
    • But the Tulane study found that when you mix chlordane, toxaphene and any of the others together - whoa!
    • I had my hands in the air with these people going whoa, this is intense!
    • And I kind of thought - whoa - I grew up in that kind of house.
    • It's okay if they have other girlfriends in their past, but let their girlfriends have a boyfriend in the past and whoa!
    • The masquerade goes on seemingly harmlessly until, whoa!
    • And past that through a window, what I at first thought was a great, black, star-filled sky coming to get me, then realized before going back under - whoa!
    • But whoa, check out this Rolling Stone caption.
    • You haven't seen her since last summer, and whoa!
    • It says here you have McAfee and the virus definition files were last updated in whoa!
    • Melanie looked faintly surprised, whoa, where did that question come from?
    • Just a little weird… I saw your nickname and was like, whoa!
    • So I'm checking my hit counter, seeing if I'd bested yesterday's second-best-ever performance, when - whoa!
    • ‘The first time I beat Lisa, I was like, whoa,’ says Allen, who as a toddler literally climbed with monkeys in the jungles of Africa as her missionary parents egged her on.
  • 2Used as a command to a horse to make it stop or slow down, or to urge a person to stop or wait.

    吁(用于吆喝马停下或放慢速度)

    whoa, hold on a minute, Fred!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Take it easy Skipper, whoa, slow down there boy!

Origin

Late Middle English: variant of ho2.

Rhymes

aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou

Definition of whoa in US English:

whoa

(also woah)
exclamation(h)wō(h)woʊ
  • 1Used to express surprise, interest, or alarm, or to command attention.

    〈非正式〉呀(用于打招呼,表示惊讶、兴趣或引起注意等)

    whoa, that's huge!

    呀,真大!

    whoa dudes!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The masquerade goes on seemingly harmlessly until, whoa!
    • You haven't seen her since last summer, and whoa!
    • ‘The first time I beat Lisa, I was like, whoa,’ says Allen, who as a toddler literally climbed with monkeys in the jungles of Africa as her missionary parents egged her on.
    • Not that I'm not happy to see you alive but… whoa!
    • And I kind of thought - whoa - I grew up in that kind of house.
    • It's okay if they have other girlfriends in their past, but let their girlfriends have a boyfriend in the past and whoa!
    • Your much slimmer than you used to be - I mean you were slim 4 years ago but whoa!
    • But whoa, check out this Rolling Stone caption.
    • They were having a meal so I sat down for a meal and I just started eating, and I looked across - I said, whoa!
    • We are very outgoing and we feel we're just beautiful, and then we look in the mirror and we're like, whoa!
    • In fact I just read an article online from the New York Times and some of these big labels - whoa!
    • Melanie looked faintly surprised, whoa, where did that question come from?
    • It says here you have McAfee and the virus definition files were last updated in whoa!
    • And past that through a window, what I at first thought was a great, black, star-filled sky coming to get me, then realized before going back under - whoa!
    • I just changed the Skyscraper calendar to March: whoa!
    • I'm on public transit again, this time I standing, my eyes inadvertently just happen to glance down at the person sitting in front of me when whoa!
    • So I'm checking my hit counter, seeing if I'd bested yesterday's second-best-ever performance, when - whoa!
    • Just a little weird… I saw your nickname and was like, whoa!
    • But the Tulane study found that when you mix chlordane, toxaphene and any of the others together - whoa!
    • I had my hands in the air with these people going whoa, this is intense!
  • 2Used as a command to a horse to make it stop or slow down, or to urge a person to stop or wait.

    吁(用于吆喝马停下或放慢速度)

    whoa, hold on a minute, Fred!
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Take it easy Skipper, whoa, slow down there boy!

Origin

Late Middle English: variant of ho.

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