yak

Related topics: Animals

yak1 /jæk/ noun [countableC]

HBAan animal of central Asia that looks like a cow with long hair 牦牛〔产于中亚，外形似牛，有长毛〕

Examples from the Corpus

yak• The only income is provided by the occasional sale of a yak for the equivalent of $ 100.• Eventually the scheme had to be dropped and the cattle and yaks and horses returned to the care of individual herdsmen.• The meat is fat and gristle from tough old yaks, sheep and goats.• They stayed for two weeks, grazing the yaks.

yak2 verb (yakked, yakking) [intransitiveI]

informalTALK TO somebody to talk continuously about things that are not very serious, in a way that is annoying 喋喋不休地讲，唠叨；瞎扯

Examples from the Corpus

yak• People head out, yakking about this or that shot.• Across the land, every night, teenagers are yakking online in chat rooms with friends and Net acquaintances.

Origin yak1

(1700-1800) Tibetan gyak

yak2

(1900-2000) From the sound of continuous talk

词汇	yak
释义	yak Related topics: Animals yak1 /jæk/ noun [countableC] HBAan animal of central Asia that looks like a cow with long hair 牦牛〔产于中亚，外形似牛，有长毛〕 Examples from the Corpus yak• The only income is provided by the occasional sale of a yak for the equivalent of $ 100.• Eventually the scheme had to be dropped and the cattle and yaks and horses returned to the care of individual herdsmen.• The meat is fat and gristle from tough old yaks, sheep and goats.• They stayed for two weeks, grazing the yaks. yak2 verb (yakked, yakking) [intransitiveI] informalTALK TO somebody to talk continuously about things that are not very serious, in a way that is annoying 喋喋不休地讲，唠叨；瞎扯 Examples from the Corpus yak• People head out, yakking about this or that shot.• Across the land, every night, teenagers are yakking online in chat rooms with friends and Net acquaintances. Origin yak1 (1700-1800) Tibetan gyak yak2 (1900-2000) From the sound of continuous talk
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