| 释义 |
yaff, v. Sc. and north. dial.|jæf|
[Echoic: cf. yaffle v.1 and waff.]
intr. To bark, yelp; also, to prate, nag. Hence ˈyaffing vbl. n. and ppl. a.; also yaff n., a bark or yelp.
1609Ravenscroft's Deuteromelia 21 With all the hounds at her tail! With ‘yeaffe a yaffe! yeaffe a yaffe!’ 1808Jamieson, To Yaff,..1. To bark,..to yelp,..2. To prate, to talk pertly. 1815Scott Guy M. i, Will ye no let me hear what the man wants, wi' your yaffing? 1844G. J. Pennington Pronunc. Gk. 22 A yaffing cur. 1910G. J. Laurie in Poets of Ayrshire 205 He'll row for fun amang the snaw And syne yaff at the moon. |