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Yawn Ed Boring Stretched Verb 动词 Open   [V

英语单词 yawn
英美音标 英 [jɔːn] 美 [jɔːn]
中文释义 v.打呵欠;张开
n.呵欠;<口>乏味的人(事)
英语例句 (1) His long boring story made me yawn.
(2) He closed the book, yawned, and went to bed.
(3) The deep crevasse yawned at their feet.
(4) I gave a loud yawn, but he just kept on talking.
(5) He stretched himself with a yawn.
中文例句 (1) 他的冗长的故事听得我直打呵欠。
(2) 他合起书, 打了个呵欠, 然后上床睡觉了。
(3) 他们脚下的冰川有一道深深的裂缝。
(4) 我大声打了个呵欠,可他还是不停地讲下去。
(5) 他打了个呵欠伸了伸懒腰。
柯林斯解释
1
[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。

2
[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
  [a N]
  [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。

3
[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.
  [V]
  [V adj]
  [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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