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

• Although we associate yawning with sleepiness and boredom, its function appears to be to wake us up.
  虽然我们把打哈欠与睡意和厌倦联系在一起，但打哈欠的作用似乎是使人清醒。
• But shaking up the economy and plugging the yawning chasm in the public finances requires legislation.
  我认为应该是但是公共财务中重组经济和填补正在变大的窟窿（财政赤字）需要立法的帮助。
• We were so bored that we couldn't help yawning.
  我们厌烦得要命，禁不住打起了呵欠。
• 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。
• This South African lion looks a bit grouchy, but he was actually yawning.
  这头南非狮子看起来有点不高兴，实际上它是在打个哈欠。
• 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。
• He says almost anything connected with yawning can make people yawn.
  他说几乎任何和打哈欠有关的事都能使人们打哈欠。
• 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。
• "I'm so tired," she said, yawning and stretching.
  我太累了，她打着呵欠伸着懒腰说道。
• But a yawning gap, and grass nowhere.
  但有个裂缝的缺口，并且寸草不生。