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

• Oh, excuse me; I can't stop yawning.
  啊，对不起，我实在忍不住打哈欠。
• 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。
• "I'm so tired," she said, yawning and stretching.
  我太累了，她打着呵欠伸着懒腰说道。
• 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。
• 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。
• We should, however, be careful not to misinterpret the yawning gap between expectations and fulfilments.
  然而，我们要当心，千万不要对这种期盼和现实之间的巨大鸿沟产生误解。
• 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。
• 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。
• Heigh-ho-there I'm yawning again.
  嗨嗬瞧我又打呵欠了。
• 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。