[VERB 动词]打哈欠 If you yawn, 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.
[V]
She yawned, and stretched lazily...
她打了个哈欠,伸了个懒腰。
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。
Yawn is also a noun.
Rosanna stifled a huge yawn.
罗莎娜想打个大哈欠,但强忍住了。
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[N-SING 单数名词]乏味的事物;枯燥的事物 If you describe something such as a book or a film as a yawn, you think it is very boring
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[INFORMAL 非正式]
The debate was a mockery. A big yawn...
这场辩论实在可笑。简直是无聊透顶。
The concert was a predictable yawn.
果不其然,那场音乐会很乏味。
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[VERB 动词](裂隙或缺口)裂开,豁开 A gap or an opening that yawns is large and wide, and often frightening.
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[LITERARY 文]
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。
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。
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yawn★/jɔːn; NAmEjɔːn/
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yawnyawnsyawnedyawningverb★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。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SYN
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◆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 gapbetween rich and poor. 贫富之间有一条鸿沟。noun★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。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。yawn/jɔːn; NAmEjɔːn/
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yawnyawn1 /jɔːn $ jɒːn/ ●●○ verb [intransitive]
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1to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply because you are tired or bored: Alan stretched and yawned.2 yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between something) a very large difference between two groups, things, or people: the yawning gap between the two parties the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor3 literary to be or become wide open, especially in a frightening way: The pit yawned open in front of them.yawning gap/hole etc the yawning gap between the two cliffs
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yawnyawn2 ●●○ noun
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1[countable] an act of yawning: Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn (=tried to stop yawning).2a yawn informal someone or something that is boring: The party was a big yawn.
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