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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I was yawning; it had been a long day and I was ready for bed.
  我不由地哈欠连天；这可是漫长的一天，我想要睡觉了。
• He says yawning seems linked in some way to sleeping.
  他说从某方面上看打哈欠似乎与睡眠有关。
• But a yawning gap, and grass nowhere.
  但有个裂缝的缺口，并且寸草不生。
• 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。
• Even so, there is a yawning gap with China.
  即便如此，印度与中国的差距依然巨大。
• You may be yawning right now as you read this!
  你读到此时，可能便想打哈欠！
• Yawning and shivering slightly, Harry climbed out of bed and tried to find his Quidditch robes.
  哈利打着哈欠，微微哆嗉着，从床上爬了起来，开始找他的队服。