yawn

英 [jɔːn]

美 [jɔːn]

v.  打哈欠; 非常宽; 难以逾越
n.  哈欠; 乏味的事情; 令人厌烦的观点(等)

过去式：yawned　现在分词：yawning　第三人称单数：yawns　复数：yawns　过去分词：yawned　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.1 / BNC.10509 / COCA.10649

牛津词典

verb

• 打哈欠
  to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply through it, usually because you are tired or bored
  1. He stood up, stretched and yawned.
     他站起身来，伸了个懒腰，打了个哈欠。
• 非常宽；难以逾越
  to be very wide and often frightening and difficult to get across
  1. A crevasse yawned at their feet.
     他们的脚下是一条张开大口的裂缝。
  2. There's a yawning gap between rich and poor.
     贫富之间有一条鸿沟。

noun

• 哈欠
  an act of yawning
  1. She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.
     她又忍住了哈欠，竭力显出感兴趣的样子。
• 乏味的事情；令人厌烦的观点（等）
  a boring event, idea, etc.
  1. The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.
     这个会议自始至终都无聊透顶。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 打哈欠
  If youyawn, you open your mouth very wide and breathe in more air than usual, often when you are tired or when you are not interested in something.
  1. She yawned, and stretched lazily...
     她打了个哈欠，伸了个懒腰。
  2. They looked bored and yawned at the speeches.
     他们看起来已经厌倦了这些演讲，直打哈欠。
  3. Yawnis also a noun.
     
  4. Rosanna stifled a huge yawn.
     罗莎娜想打个大哈欠，但强忍住了。
• N-SING 乏味的事物;枯燥的事物
  If you describe something such as a book or a film asa yawn, you think it is very boring
  1. The debate was a mockery. A big yawn...
     这场辩论实在可笑。简直是无聊透顶。
  2. The concert was a predictable yawn.
     果不其然，那场音乐会很乏味。
• VERB （裂隙或缺口）裂开，豁开
  A gap or an opening thatyawnsis large and wide, and often frightening.
  1. The gulf between them yawned wider than ever...
     他们之间的隔阂比以往任何时候都要深。
  2. Liddie's doorway yawned blackly open at the end of the hall.
     走廊尽头利迪的门黑洞洞地敞开着。

英英释义

noun

• an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth
  1. he could not suppress a yawn
  2. the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop
  3. he apologized for his oscitancy
  Synonym:yawningoscitanceoscitancy

verb

• utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
  1. The child yawned during the long performance
• be wide open
  1. the deep gaping canyon
  Synonym:gapeyaw

双语例句

• In fact, I feel a yawn coming on.
  事实上，我正想打一个哈欠。
• If it does-if you did yawn-write and tell me.
  如果真是这样？如果你打哈欠了？写信告诉我。
• The debate was a mockery. A big yawn
  这场辩论实在可笑。简直是无聊透顶。
• Fact is, we don't know why people yawn.
  事实上，我们不知道为什么人们会打哈欠。
• The concert was a predictable yawn.
  果不其然，那场音乐会很乏味。
• He got up with a stretch and a yawn.
  他站起来伸伸懒腰，打个呵欠。
• Say excuse me immediately if you burp, fart, cough, yawn or sneeze.
  如果你说对不起立即打嗝，放屁，咳嗽或打喷嚏，打哈欠。
• The alarm did go off but all I did was yawn, turn over and go back to sleep.
  闹钟确实响了，但我只是打了个哈欠，翻个身又接着睡着了。
• However we know that people also yawn, when they are excited or nervous.
  然而我们知道人们也会在兴奋或者紧张的时候打哈欠。
• If you yawn a lot, sometimes he copies you.
  如果你打很多呵欠有时它会学你的。