yawn
- vi.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)
复数： yawns 过去式： yawned 现在分词： yawning 过去分词： yawned 第三人称单数： yawns
yawnverb
打哈欠
to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply through it, usually because you are tired or bored
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
A crevasse yawned at their feet.
他们的脚下是一条张开大口的裂缝。
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
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.
The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.
这个会议自始至终都无聊透顶。
yawn
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VERB 打哈欠
If you yawn, 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.She yawned, and stretched lazily...
她打了个哈欠，伸了个懒腰。
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N-SING 乏味的事物;枯燥的事物
If you describe something such as a book or a film as a yawn, you think it is very boringThe debate was a mockery. A big yawn...
这场辩论实在可笑。简直是无聊透顶。
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VERB （裂隙或缺口）裂开，豁开
A gap or an opening that yawns is large and wide, and often frightening.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。
noun
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- an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth;usually triggered by fatigue or boredom
- he could not suppress a yawn
- the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop
- he apologized for his oscitancy
- Synonym: yawning oscitance oscitancy
verb
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- utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
- The child yawned during the long performance
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- be wide open
- the deep gaping canyon
- Synonym: gape yaw
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Her yawn was a Pavlovian response to my yawn .
她打哈欠是对我打哈欠的条件反射。
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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。
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The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish .
这个会议自始至终都无聊透顶。
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There 's a yawning gap between rich and poor .
贫富之间有一条鸿沟。
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She turned luxuriantly on her side , yawning .
她打着呵欠，舒适地转身侧向一边。
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She yawned and looked pointedly at her watch .
她打了个哈欠，又刻意地看了看手表。
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He stood yawning , his pyjama jacket gaping open .
他敞开睡衣站着打呵欠。
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He stood up , stretched and yawned .
他站起身来，伸了个懒腰，打了个哈欠。
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John yawned and scratched his chin .
约翰打个哈欠，挠挠下巴。
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She managed to stifle a yawn .
她忍住了呵欠。
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He gave an ostentatious yawn .
他张扬地打了个哈欠。
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A crevasse yawned at their feet .
他们的脚下是一条张开大口的裂缝。
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He stretched and yawned lazily .
他伸了伸懒腰，打了个哈欠。
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He faked a yawn .
他装着打了一个呵欠。
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She yawned sleepily .
她困得打着哈欠。
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She stretched her arms out and gave a great yawn
她伸了个懒腰，打了个大哈欠。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The debate was a mockery . A big yawn
这场辩论实在可笑。简直是无聊透顶。
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She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn
她忍不住打了个哈欠。
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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。
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He yawns , not troubling to cover his mouth
他打了个哈欠，都懒得抬抬手遮一下嘴巴。
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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。
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The concert was a predictable yawn .
果不其然，那场音乐会很乏味。
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He yawned and stretched
他打了个呵欠，伸了伸懒腰。
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Crook 's eyelids drooped and he yawned
克鲁克的眼皮耷拉下来，打了个哈欠。
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He closed the book , yawned , and went to bed .
他合上书，打了个哈欠，然后上床。
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He got up with a stretch and a yawn .
他站起来伸伸懒腰，打个呵欠。
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I felt so sleepy I couldn ' t stop yawning .
我感到很困，止不住地打呵欠