yips

1. VERB （狗等因害怕、痛苦等）吠叫，尖叫
   If a dog or other animal yips, it gives a sudden short cry, often because of fear or pain.
   1. Far up the west rim of the canyon, a coyote yipped twice.
      远处峡谷的西缘，一只丛林狼嚎叫了两声。
   2. Yip is also a noun.
      
   3. ...a yip of pain.
      痛苦的吠叫

1. The one who took the dishpan, of course," replied the Frogman, and hearing this all the Yips nodded their heads gravely and said to one another ".
   “当然是拿走烤饼锅的那个人啦，”青蛙人答道。听到他这么一说，周围的耶普人都神情庄重地点着头，互相说道。
2. In the "Zheng Concerto" the players are not only playing their own instruments, but also contributing stomps, yips, yells sighs and hand-slaps, sometimes in imitation of Eastern instruments.
   “筝协奏曲”，不仅打自己的乐器，而且还有助于重踏，叹息和手拍打，有时在东仪器模仿。
3. His high, pure tenor was shot through with the little yips and sighs he had learnt from Diana Ross.
   那高吭纯净的高音中满是黛安娜·罗丝式的短促叹息与尖叫。
4. Generally speaking, in william Yips poetry, tradition and modernity are melted in one furnace and magnificence and gracefulness are shining on each other.
   叶维廉的作品，其风格总的说来是传统与现代熔于一炉，雄浑和婉约交相辉映。

noun

1. nervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts)
   1. to avoid the yips he changed his style of putting