yawning

英 [ˈjɔːnɪŋ]

美 [ˈjɔːnɪŋ]

v.  打哈欠; 非常宽; 难以逾越
yawn的现在分词

现在分词：yawning　

BNC.19088 / COCA.20477

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:yawnoscitanceoscitancy

adj

• gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something
  1. the yawning mine shaft
  2. a yawning abyss
• with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness
  1. a yawning congregation

双语例句

• I felt so sleepy I couldn't stop yawning.
  我感到很困，止不住地打呵欠。
• You may be yawning right now as you read this!
  你读到此时，可能便想打哈欠！
• When he pumped pure oxygen into subjects, for example, their frequency of yawning did not change.
  当他将纯氧注入实验对象时，他们打哈欠的频率并没有发生什么变化。
• 108. At the dawn on the lawn the yawning drowned man began to frown.
  108.拂晓时在草坪上，打呵欠的溺水者开始皱眉头。
• As a matter of fact, I found myself yawning a lot as I prepared this report.
  事实上，他发现他自己在准备这份报告时打了很多哈欠。
• A yawning North-South gulf has opened up with both sides digging in.
  双方都坚持自己的立场，南北之间出现了一条鸿沟。
• He said there is some evidence that yawning is linked to excitement.
  他说有证据说明打哈欠与兴奋联系。
• Yawning involves opening the mouth involuntarily while taking a long, deep breath of air.
  打呵欠使人在不由自主张开嘴的同时，能长长的、深深的吸一口气。
• There is a yawning gap between political rhetoric and reality.
  政治高调和现实之间的差距越来越大。
• The study, described in the journal Child Development, involved adult volunteers yawning in front of kids.
  这项刊登在儿童发展杂志的研究，还包括了成年的志愿者在小孩儿面前打的哈气。