yap

FREQ #20437

vi. 狂吠, 瞎扯, 责骂 n. 狂吠, 狂吠声, 废话, 乖戾的人

发音

AU /jæp/

词形变化

yaps 复数 yaps yapped yapping yaps 三单 yapping 现在分词 yapped 过去式 yapped 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The high-pitched bark of a small dog, or similar.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    Casual talk; chatter.

    俚语 不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    The mouth, which produces speech.

    可数 贬义 俚语 不可数

    Shut your yap!

  4. 4.

    A badly behaved person, especially a child.

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    A fool.

    可数 过时 俚语 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    Of a small dog, to bark.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To talk, especially excessively; to chatter.

    不及物 俚语

    You’re always yapping, I wish you’d shut up.

  3. 3.

    To rob or steal from (someone).

    俚语 及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

hole trap gob maw cakehole

上位词 2

mouth oral cavity
动词

同义词 2

yip yelp

上位词 1

bark

相关短语

Sze Yap

词源

Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, from dialectal yap, yaup, yalp (“to yap, yelp”), from Middle English ȝælpen, variant of yelpen (“to yelp”). More at yelp.

来源：wiktionary