| 释义 |
yak
I. \ˈyak\ noun
(plural yaks also yak)
Etymology: Tibetan gyak
: a large wild or domesticated ox (Bos grunniens syn. Poephagus grunniens) of Tibet and adjacent elevated parts of central Asia having short smooth hair on the back and long wavy hair on the breast, sides, legs, and tail, being in the wild blackish brown and up to about six feet high at the shoulder and 1200 pounds in weight but smaller and varying in color under domestication, and living as a beast of burden and source of flesh, milk, hide, and hair
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: probably imitative of the sound of chattering teeth
: persistent or voluble talk : idle chatter : yammer
III. intransitive verb
(yakked ; yakked ; yakking ; yaks)
: to talk persistently : chatter, yammer
< yakked on endlessly about her operation >
< the old man would yak at us for not showing proper respect — Edward Newhouse >
IV. \“, ˈyäk\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: imitative
1. slang : laugh
< the jokes that used to get snickers now get yaks — Douglas Anderson >
2. slang : joke, gag
< grinding out yaks for radio comedians — Robert Fontaine > |