Word
yakety-yak
/jeɪˈketiːjˈæk/
noun
闲扯；废话；空谈
idle talk; chatter; nonsense
- 1.
noisy talk
喧闹的谈话
喧闹的谈话；废话
In use
I couldn't concentrate because of all the yakety-yak coming from the next table.
She had to sit through an hour of yakety-yak before the meeting finally started.
Stop the yakety-yak and tell me what you actually want.
cut the yakety-yak
常用于命令对方停止说废话。
Cut the yakety-yak and start working.
别废话了，开始工作。
a bunch of yakety-yak
指大量无意义的谈话。
We had to listen to a bunch of yakety-yak from the speaker.
我们不得不听演讲者的一堆废话。
all that yakety-yak
指之前提到的或已知的废话。
I'm fed up with all that yakety-yak about politics.
我受够了那些关于政治的废话。
Common mistakes
They yakety-yak all night long.They yak all night long.
Yakety-yak 是名词，意为‘废话’，不能用作动词。表示‘喋喋不休’应使用动词 yak。
She is always making yakety yak.She is always making yakety-yak.
Yakety-yak 是固定拼写，中间需要连字符。缺少连字符是常见错误。
Connections
Confusing words
- yak
- 闲聊 · 发音相近，但'yak'常作动词表示'唠叨'，而'yakety-yak'是名词，指令人厌烦的无意义闲谈。注意词性差异。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.