- [intransitive] yap (at somebody/something) (especially of small dogs尤指小狗) to bark a lot, making a high, sharp and usually annoying sound(常指令人感到烦厌的高声)吠叫
- The dogs yapped at his heels.几只狗跟在他后面汪汪乱叫。
- yapping dogs吠叫的狗
- [intransitive] (informal) to talk in a silly, noisy and usually annoying way哇哩哇啦地胡扯
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a dog that yaps): imitative.