Word · Frequency #25414
yak
/jæk/
verb
喋喋不休；唠叨
to talk continuously and at length
- 1.
talk profusely
喋喋不休
喋喋不休；饶舌；放声大笑
In use
My aunt can yak for hours on the phone about her neighbors.
Stop yakking and let me concentrate on my work.
They sat in the café yakking about their trip until closing time.
she was yakking away about her grandchildren
Verb forms
base yak · third person yaks · -ing yakking · past yakked · past participle yakked
Connections
Collocations
- yak on
- 唠叨个没完
- They yak on about their problems every time we meet.每次我们见面，他们都唠叨个没完地讲自己的问题。
- yak away
- 聊个不停
- We yak away for hours at the cafe.我们在咖啡馆一聊就是几个小时。
- yak about
- 就…唠叨
- Stop yakking about the same old things.别老拿那些旧事唠叨了。
- yak to
- 对…唠叨
- He will yak to anyone who listens.谁愿意听，他就会对谁唠叨。
Idioms & figurative uses
- yak on
- 喋喋不休地说She was yakking on about her new job until everyone left.她喋喋不休地讲她的新工作，直到大家都走了。
- yak away
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一头牦牛（yak）嘴巴不停嚼动，像人喋喋不休；借“牦牛”的叫声联想“唠叨”。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：casual conversation、informal chat yak 表示“喋喋不休”时比较口语化，多用于非正式场合，如朋友闲聊；正式写作中较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都与 yak (/jæk/) 押韵，重读元音都是 /æ/，后面是 /k/：back、pack、track、lack、snack、quack。注意 yak 不要与 yolk (/joʊk/) 或 yuck (/jʌk/) 混淆，它们拼写相似但读音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.