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

• A yawning man is lying on a lawn in the dawn.
  一个打呵欠的人在拂晓躺在草地上。
• While his administration is determined to force rapid economic development, its approach has created a yawning income gap.
  尽管新疆自治区政府决心推动经济快速发展，但其方式却造成了收入差距的扩大。
• Some scientists believe that yawning makes you more a alert, when you yawn, you breathe more deeply, you also stretch your muscle in your face and your neck.
  许多科学家认为打哈欠让你更加警觉。当你打哈欠时，你呼吸更深，你还伸展你脸部和脖子上的肌肉。
• 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。
• Heigh-ho-there I'm yawning again.
  嗨嗬瞧我又打呵欠了。
• 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。
• Yawning or sighing are usually signs of mental or physical fatigue.
  打哈欠或叹气通常是精神或身体上疲倦的标志。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。