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yawn

verb
/jɔːn/
/jɔːn/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they yawn
/jɔːn/
/jɔːn/
he / she / it yawns
/jɔːnz/
/jɔːnz/
past simple yawned
/jɔːnd/
/jɔːnd/
past participle yawned
/jɔːnd/
/jɔːnd/
-ing form yawning
/ˈjɔːnɪŋ/
/ˈjɔːnɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply through it, usually because you are tired or bored打哈欠
    • He stood up, stretched and yawned.他站起身来,伸了个懒腰,打了个哈欠。
    • We couldn't help yawning during the speech.演讲期间我们不禁打呵欠。
    • + speech ‘Wow,’ she yawned, ‘a customer.’“哇,”她打呵欠,“是顾客。”
    Extra Examples
    • He got fed up of people yawning at him when he talked about his job.他烦透了那些听到他谈论自己的工作就朝他打哈欠的人。
    • He sat up and yawned hugely.他坐起来,打了一个大哈欠。
    • I was so tired I couldn't stop yawning.我太累了,忍不住打起了哈欠。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • hugely
    • widely
    • loudly
    verb + yawn
    • make somebody
    • hear somebody
    preposition
    • at
    phrases
    • can’t stop yawning
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive] (of a large hole or an empty space大的洞穴或空间) to be very wide and often frightening and difficult to get across非常宽;难以逾越 synonym gape
    • A crevasse yawned at their feet.他们的脚下是一条张开大口的裂缝。
    • (figurative) There's a yawning gap between rich and poor.贫富之间有一条鸿沟。
  3. Word OriginOld English geonian, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hiare and Greek khainein. Current noun senses date from the early 18th cent.

yawn

noun
/jɔːn/
/jɔːn/
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  1. an act of yawning哈欠
    • 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。
    Extra Examples
    • He struggled to stifle a yawn.他努力忍住哈欠。
    • He tried to conceal his yawn behind his hand.他试图用手捂住嘴打哈欠。
    • The little boy gave a huge yawn.小男孩打了一个大哈欠。
    • The speech was greeted with a collective yawn from the press gallery.记者席上的人对这次演讲全都不感兴趣。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • deep
    • huge
    verb + yawn
    • fight back
    • hold back
    • stifle
    yawn + verb
    • escape
    preposition
    • with a yawn
    See full entry
  2. [usually singular] (informal) a boring event, idea, etc.乏味的事情;无趣的想法
    • The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.这个会议自始至终都无聊透顶。
  3. Word OriginOld English geonian, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hiare and Greek khainein. Current noun senses date from the early 18th cent.
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高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 TOEFL IELTS GRE BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649
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高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 TOEFL IELTS GRE BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649
yawnyawnD.J.:[jɔ:n]K.K.:[jɔn]vi.1.打呵欠He yawned and fell asleep.他打着呵欠睡着了。He yawned heavily.他打了个大呵欠。She yawned during the lecture.她听讲座时一直在打呵欠。2.张开, 裂开A great gap yawned between the rocks.在岩石间有个大裂缝。n.1.呵欠His yawns suggested he was either tired or bored.他呵欠连天说明他不是疲倦, 就是厌倦。2.乏味或枯燥的事物The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.那会议自始至终十分无聊。
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yawn verb | noun
 1 
yawn / jCn ; jC:n /verb I
1. to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply because you are tired or bored打呵欠:
Alan stretched and yawned.艾伦伸了伸懒腰,打了个呵欠。
2. yawning gap / gulf / chasm (between sth) a very large difference between two groups, things, or people(两者之间的)巨大差距:
the yawning gap between the two parties两个党派之间的鸿沟
the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor巨大的贫富差距
3. literaryto be or become wide open, especially in a frightening way张得很开; 豁开〔尤指令人恐惧的〕:
The pit yawned open in front of them.那深坑在他们面前张着大口。
yawning gap / hole etc
the yawning gap between the two cliffs两个悬崖之间的巨大豁口

 2 
yawnnoun
1. Can act of yawning呵欠:
Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn (=tried to stop yawning) .凯晃晃脑袋,忍住了呵欠。
2. a yawn informalsomeone or something that is boring乏味的人(事物):
The party was a big yawn.这次聚会乏味透了。
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yawn

1 yawn /ˈjɑːn/ verb
yawns; yawned; yawning
1 yawn
/ˈjɑːn/
verb
yawns; yawned; yawning
Learner's definition of YAWN
[no object]
: to open your mouth wide while taking in breath usually because you are tired or bored打哈欠
of an opening, hole, etc. : to be deep, large, etc.(开口、洞穴等)豁开,裂开
2 yawn /ˈjɑːn/ noun
plural yawns
2 yawn
/ˈjɑːn/
noun
plural yawns
Learner's definition of YAWN
[count]
: an act of opening your mouth wide while taking in breath : an act of yawning哈欠;打哈欠
informal : something that is very boring乏味的事物
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高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 TOEFL IELTS GRE BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 TOEFL IELTS GRE BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 TOEFL IELTS GRE BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 TOEFL IELTS GRE BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 TOEFL IELTS GRE BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 TOEFL IELTS GRE BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649
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高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 TOEFL IELTS GRE BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649

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