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yawn
[英] [jɔ:n] [美] [jɔn] 生词本

vi.

n.

  • 易混淆的单词：YAWN  

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  • 词典例句

1. 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。

  • 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。

  • Yawn is also a noun.

    • Rosanna stifled a huge yawn.

      罗莎娜想打个大哈欠，但强忍住了。

2. 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 boring 

  • The debate was a mockery. A big yawn...

    这场辩论实在可笑。简直是无聊透顶。

  • The concert was a predictable yawn.

    果不其然，那场音乐会很乏味。

3. 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。

  • 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。

Noun

1. 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 ostinancy"
Verb

1. utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired;

  • "The child yawned during the long performance"

2. be wide open;

  • "the deep gaping canyon"
1. 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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2. Her yawn suggests that she is sleepy.
她打哈欠表示她很困了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. I just managed to smother a yawn.
我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.
那会议自始至终十分无聊。

来自《简明英汉词典》