yay

释义

• int. 哇（因高兴而欢呼）
• adv. 这么；非常

词源

yay

"this," as in yay big "this big," 1950s, perhaps from yea "yes" in its sense of "even, truly, verily." "a sort of demonstrative adverb used with adjectives of size, height, extent, etc., and often accompanied by a hand gesture indicating size" [DAS].

例句

• 1. The fish I caught was yay big. 我钓的鱼有这么大呢。
• 2. I was then a naughty little child, only yay high. 我那时还是个小顽童, 只有这么高.
• 3. As you expected, the sharpness remains in exported images . Yay! 正如你想象的那样, 导出的图片中同样如此清晰.
• 4. Yay ! I've finished my exam! 哦,我考完了!
• 5. Tell me what you think, yay or nay? 告诉我你究竟是怎样想的,是还是不是?