yawn
美音:
[jɔn
]英音:
[jɔn
]v.打呵欠,张开,裂开 n.呵欠
难易程度:
yawn为六级词汇
词形变化:
名词:yawner 动词过去式:yawned 过去分词:yawned 现在分词:yawning 第三人称单数:yawns
近义词, 同义词
yawn
/jɔ:n; jɔn/
v [I]
1 take (usu involuntarily) a deep breath with the mouth wide open, as when sleepy or bored 打哈欠.
2 (of large holes, etc) be wide open (指大洞穴等)张开, 裂开
*The deep crevasse yawned at their feet. 他们脚下的冰川有一道深深的裂缝.
* a yawning chasm 地上裂开的大坑
* (fig 比喻) a yawning gap between the rich and poor in our society 我们社会中贫富之间的鸿沟.
n
1 act of yawning (yawn v 1) 哈欠.
2 (usu sing 通常作单数) (infml derog 口, 贬) uninteresting or boring thing 乏味的或枯燥的事物
*The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish. 那会议自始至终十分无聊.
1. As soon as she could do so without an appearance of being rude, she pretended to yawn, rose, and left him there alone. 为使自己不显得失礼,她借机假装打了个哈欠,起身离开了他。
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