Word · Frequency #25298
yap
尖声吠叫；汪汪叫
bark in a high-pitched tone
- 1.
Of a small dog, to bark.
狂吠；瞎扯；责骂
In use
The small dog yaps loudly whenever someone rings the doorbell.
Our neighbor's terrier yapped all night, and nobody could sleep.
Look at that tiny puppy yapping at its own reflection in the mirror!
yap (at sb/sth)
yap at 常指小狗尖声、急促地吠叫，带‘烦人’的语气。
The little dog yapped at the mailman.
小狗对着邮差汪汪叫。
yap (about sth)
yap about 指令人厌烦地谈论某事，口语中略带贬义。
Stop yapping about your problems.
别喋喋不休地讲你的问题了。
shut one's yap
yap 作名词时是非正式用语，指‘嘴’；shut your yap 意为‘住口’。
Shut your yap and let me think.
闭上你的嘴，让我想想。
Verb forms
base yap · third person yaps · -ing yapping · past yapped · past participle yapped
规则动词，变位时双写 p：yapping, yapped。
Common mistakes
The little dog yap all night.The little dog yaps all night.
一般现在时中，主语 the little dog 是第三人称单数，谓语动词要加 -s，yap 的第三人称单数形式是 yaps。中文动词没有这一屈折变化，因此容易漏掉 -s。
The manager yapped him for being late.The manager yapped at him for being late.
yap 表示“对某人叫嚷/责骂”时为不及物动词，后接宾语必须先用介词 at（yap at sb）。中文的“骂某人”可直接带宾语，受此影响，学习者易直接说 yap sb，缺少 at。
Connections
Collocations
- yap at
- 朝……汪汪叫；对……尖声吠叫
- The small dog yapped at every passerby.那只小狗对每个路人都汪汪叫。
- yap away
- 唠叨不停；喋喋不休
- He yapped away about his new job all evening.他整个晚上都在唠叨他的新工作。
- shut your yap
- 闭嘴；住口
- Shut your yap and let me think.闭上你的嘴，让我想想。
- yapping dog
- 汪汪叫的狗；爱吠的小狗
- The yapping dog kept the whole street awake.那只汪汪叫的狗吵得整条街都睡不着。
- let out a yap
- 汪汪叫了一声；发出一声尖吠
- The puppy let out a sharp yap when the door slammed.门砰地关上时，小狗尖声叫了一下。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一只小狗张着嘴“呀噗呀噗”地尖声叫，嘴型像字母y，就是yap。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：everyday conversation、dog behavior yap 通常是非正式用词。作动词多指狗尖声吠叫，也可在口语中表示“不停瞎扯”；作名词可指“尖叫声”或俚语“嘴”。正式写作中比较少见，多可改用更中性的 bark 或 mouth，但具体要看搭配语境。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes with /æp/: cap, map, lap, nap, tap, wrap. Note: wrap has a silent w. Lookalikes that sound different: yep /jep/, yip /jɪp/, yawn /jɔːn/.
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.