vi. 1.打呵欠。 2.张开口。 3.(深渊、裂缝等)张着大口。 短语和例子 make (sb.) yawn 使想睡,使困倦。 “What is the use” he yawned. “有什么用? ”他打着呵欠说。 The hell yawns for him. 地狱张着大口等他。 vt. 打着呵欠说。 He yawned out a good-night. 他打着呵欠说明天见。 n. 1.呵欠;张开大口。 2.裂缝,裂口。 3.讨厌的人;乏味的事物。 短语和例子 with a yawn 打着呵欠。
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 oscitancy" 同义词:yawning, oscitance, oscitancy,
utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"
be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" 同义词:gape, yaw,
A yawn is a reflex of simultaneous inhalation of air and stretching of the eardrums, followed by exhalation of breath. [is the act of yawning and stretching simultaneously.
例句与用法
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He got up with a stretch and a yawn . 他起了床,伸个懒腰并打个呵欠。
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She yawned gracefully in my face . 她娇嗔地对着我的脸打了一个哈欠。
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He woke up , yawned and stretched . 他一觉醒来,边打呵欠边伸懒腰。
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Surreptitiously, peter loaklry yawned . 彼得柯克兰偷偷地打了个哈欠。
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She yawns evenly and turns to him . 她不紧不慢地打了个呵欠,向他转过脸来。
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He closed the book , yawned , and went to bed . 他合上书,打了个哈欠,然后上床。
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He yawned out a good night . 他打着呵欠说明天见。
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He blinked, yawned and looked around him . 他眨眨眼睛,打了个呵欠,然后朝四周扫了一眼。
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The ten years between them yawned like a hundred . 虽只相隔了十年,他们却感觉象是一百年。