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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。
尖声吠叫；汪汪叫
yapping — present participle of yap
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
尖声吠叫；汪汪叫
bark in a high-pitched tone
The little dog yapped at the mailman.
小狗对着邮差汪汪叫。
Of a small dog, to bark.
yap
Base
原形
yaps
3rd person
第三人称单数
yapping
-ing
现在分词
yapped
Past
过去式
yapped
Past participle
过去分词
The little dog yaps at everyone who passes by.
那只小狗对每个路过的人吠叫。
The dog yapped all night and kept us awake.
那只狗整晚狂吠，吵得我们睡不着。
Why is that puppy yapping so loudly?
那只小狗为什么叫得这么大声？
规则动词，变位时双写 p：yapping, yapped。
The small dog yaps loudly whenever someone rings the doorbell.
每当有人按门铃时，这只小狗就会大声尖声吠叫。
Our neighbor's terrier yapped all night, and nobody could sleep.
我们邻居的梗犬整夜汪汪叫，没有人能睡着。
Look at that tiny puppy yapping at its own reflection in the mirror!
看那只小狗对着镜子里自己的影子汪汪叫！
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 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。
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。
Not this
The little dog yap all night.
Use this
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。
Not this
The manager yapped him for being late.
Use this
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。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
闭嘴；住口
Shut your yap and let me think.
闭上你的嘴，让我想想。
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。
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。
闭嘴；闭上你的嘴
Shut your yap and listen!
闭嘴，听着！
不停地数落／责备某人；冲某人嚷嚷
My boss is always yapping at me about deadlines.
我的老板总是没完没了地拿截止日期数落我。
说个不停；唠叨个没完
She yapped away on the phone for an hour.
她对着电话唠叨了一个小时。
Use yapping naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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。
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/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.