yap

释义

• vi. 狂吠；哇啦哇啦地瞎说
• vt. 瞎讲
• n. 狂吠声；废话；笨蛋
• n. (Yap)人名；(东南亚国家华语)叶

词源

yap (v.)

1660s, "bark as a (small) dog," earlier as a noun, "yapping dog" (c. 1600), probably of imitative origin. Compare verb yamph in same sense (1718). Originally in reference to dog sounds; meaning "to talk idle chatter" is first recorded 1886. Related: Yapped; yapping. As a noun, 1826 in reference to the sound; 1900, American English slang as "mouth."

例句

• 1. The guy just loves to yap, and will do so at length. 那家伙就爱胡扯，而且一说起来就没完没了。
• 2. His mother yap ped at him for staying away so long. 他母亲因为他离开她太久而对他吵嚷起来.
• 3. I told her to shut her yap. 我叫她住嘴.
• 4. Conclusions Zangzu , Tuzu , Yizu , Pumi, Jino , and Baizu, which belong to Sino - Tibetan language family, carry a high YAP ? +? frequency. 结论 YAP +频率在部分汉藏语系民族(藏 、 彝 、 普米 、 基诺 、 白族)中频率较高.
• 5. The puppy gave a yap. 小狗叫了一声.