yak
yak — 名詞
- yaksingular
- yaksplural
1. a large heavy animal with thick dark fur and curved horns, found in the mountain
氂牛
西藏山區的長毛牛科動物
a large heavy animal with thick dark fur and curved horns, found in the mountains of Central Asia and kept for its milk, meat, and hair
The Tibetan herder led his yaks across the snowy mountain pass before dark.
那位西藏牧民在傍晚前帶著他的氂牛越過積雪的山口。
Heloísa bought a warm scarf made from yak wool at the market in Lhasa.
Heloísa 在拉薩的市場買了一條氂牛毛織成的保暖圍巾。
collocation: yak wool
A group of wild yaks stood near the frozen lake, their breath forming clouds in the cold air.
一群野氂牛站在結冰的湖邊，呼出的氣息在冷空氣中形成一團團白霧。
Farmers in Bhutan use yak milk to make cheese and butter for their families.
不丹的農民使用氂牛奶為家人製作起司和奶油。
The thick fur of the yak protects it from the freezing winds of the high mountains.
氂牛的厚毛皮能保護牠們抵禦高山上的刺骨寒風。
2. continuous talk that is loud, boring, or goes on for too long
喋喋不休
長時間吵雜的談話
continuous talk that is loud, boring, or goes on for too long
I could not concentrate on my homework because of the constant yak from the next room.
隔壁房間不斷傳來的喋喋不休讓我無法專心做功課。
collocation: constant yak
Shirin put her headphones on to block out her colleagues' yak about weekend plans.
Shirin 戴上耳機，隔絕同事們對週末計畫的喋喋不休。
The team meeting turned into endless yak about office policies instead of real work.
團隊會議變成了關於辦公室政策的喋喋不休，完全沒討論實際工作。
Nia told her friends to quiet down — their yak was disturbing everyone in the café.
Nia 要她的朋友們安靜一點——他們的喋喋不休打擾了咖啡廳裡的所有人。
- silence
complete opposite of loud talk
用法筆記
This meaning of yak is always uncountable and used only in the singular. It does not take the plural form yaks.
常見錯誤
yak — 動詞
- yakpresent simple I / you / we / they
- yaks3rd person singular
- yakking-ing form
- yakkedpast simple
1. to talk for a long time about unimportant things, often in a way that annoys oth
閒聊；嘮叨
長時間聊不重要的事
to talk for a long time about unimportant things, often in a way that annoys other people
Lauren yakked on the phone with her cousin for nearly three hours last night.
Lauren 昨晚跟表妹在電話上閒聊了將近三個小時。
past tense: yakked — regular -ed
The taxi driver yakked about politics the whole way to the airport.
那位計程車司機一路閒聊政治話題到機場。
pattern: yakked about [topic]
Kasia and Jiwoo yakked in the back row while the teacher explained the maths lesson.
Kasia 和 Jiwoo 在教室最後一排嘮叨個不停，老師講解數學課他們都沒在聽。
Ziad's neighbour loves to yak about his garden whenever they meet at the gate.
Ziad 的鄰居每次在門口遇到他，就愛閒聊他的花園。
Stop yakking and help me carry these boxes up the stairs!
別再閒聊了，幫我把這些箱子搬上樓梯！
文法句型
yak + about + topic
yak + on + adverbial