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Though advanced in years, he has a keen sense of hearing.
   他雖然上了年紀,但聽覺十分靈敏。

I make a yearly trip to the mountains.
   我每年進一次山。

She yelled a warning to us.
   她大聲警告我們。

I heard a yell inside.
   我聽到裡面一聲喊叫。

Her niece was wearing a bright yellowish skirt.
   她的姪女穿著一條鮮明的淡黃色裙子。

She gave a little yelp and fled upstairs.
   她尖叫了一聲,逃上樓去。

He has a yen to be alone in a boat.
   他渴望獨自待在一條船上。

Her uncle spent two years on a warship as a yeoman.
   她舅舅在軍艦上當了兩年文書軍士。

This man was a yeoman all his life.
   這個人當了一輩子的侍從。

"Dad said he would buy you a car." "Yes?"
   "爸爸說他要買一輛汽車給你。" "真的?"

The plow was pulled by a yoke of oxen.
   一對公牛同軛拉著一頭犁。

He carried two buckets on a yoke, one at each end.
   他用扁擔挑著兩只桶,一頭一個。

Despite her age she still had a youthful body.
   儘管她上了年紀,她的身體仍然富於青春活力。

Don't talk to him, he is a real yo-yo.
   不要跟他說話,他真是個搖擺不定的呆瓜。

The entire body of a zebra is marked with black and whitish stripes.
   斑馬的全身都有黑白條紋。

There is a zigzag path up the hillside.
   山坡上有一條曲折小道。

We heard the zip of a bullet.
   我們聽到一顆子彈的尖嘯聲。

If your zip sticks, it might be because a thread has caught.
   如果你的拉鍊拉不動,那有可能是因為有根線卡住了。

She zipped through her homework, and then went to a movie.
   她迅速做完功課,然後就看電影去了。

Zip up, or you'll catch a cold.
   把拉鍊拉上,否則你會感冒。