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单词 yawning
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yawningn.

/ˈjɔːnɪŋ/
Etymology: < yawn v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of yawn v.
1. The action of opening the mouth wide, esp. involuntarily from drowsiness.
ΘΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [noun] > action of yawning
yawningc725
oscitation1547
oscitance1636
yawn1707
oscitancy1717
c725 Corpus Gloss. (Hessels) B 23 Barritus, genung.
c1050 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 412/5 Garrulitas, geonung.
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 536/1 Ȝanynge, or gapynge wythe the mowthe.., hiatus.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Yauninge, oscedo.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xv. 69 Those..that be cumbred with much gaping & yawning.
1605 A. Willet Hexapla in Genesin 353 Yawning in trauaile to women is mortall.
1707 M. Prior Satire upon Poets 200 Your Yawning prompts me to give o'er.
1755 Stow's Survey of London (ed. 6) II. App. iii. 774/1 Near to this, is a large handsome Monument, erected to the Memory of James Cooper of this Parish, Gent. remarkable for his loud Yawning during the Time of Divine Service.
1838 W. C. Harris Narr. Exped. S. Afr. 15 [They] were very slow in taking the hint conveyed by his violent yawnings, that he was anxious to retire to rest.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 98 Abnormal visceral or reflex movements such as paroxysmal hurry of the heart, or of respiration—sneezings, yawnings, or hiccoughings.
2. Longing after (something). Obsolete.
ΘΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun]
ondeeOE
yearningeOE
longingOE
forlonginga1250
mourningc1300
yering13..
eye-seke?c1500
panting1580
greening1584
smackeringa1586
brame1590
languora1599
earning1603
lingering1608
yawning1635
tantalizing1640
slavering1642
longingness1651
tantalization1654
twittering1668
hankering1678
honing1725
lech1796
yearna1797
languishment1817
yearningness1839
hanker1881
tantalizingness1889
yen1906
1635 E. Rainbow Labour 33 Ambitious yawning after outward dignitie and honour.
3. The action of opening wide.
ΘΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [noun] > action or process of opening > gaping open or opening wide
gapingc1374
chasm1596
yawn1697
yawning1820
dehiscence1828
1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. (1859) 7 The yawning of a seam [in a boat].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

yawningadj.

/ˈjɔːnɪŋ/
Etymology: < yawn v. + -ing suffix2.
That yawns.
1. That opens the mouth wide, esp. in order to swallow or devour something; chiefly transferred of the mouth, wide open.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > open-mouthed
yawningc890
galpingc1386
open-mouthed?1533
gaping1594
wide-mouth?c1599
mouthed1609
slack-jawed1642
slack-mouthed1642
open-mouth1702
wide-mouthed1776
gapish1850
c890 Wærferth tr. Gregory's Dial. 156 He gemette on þam wege standan sumne dracan ongæn hine mid geniendum [v.r. giniendum] muþe.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 65 Ne blawe ȝe hire naut ut mid maðelinde muðe. wið ȝeoninde tutele.
c1330 (?c1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) l. 4117 A lyoun þai seye cominde þo,..Wiþ ȝenende [c1475 Caius yanyng] mouþe, & weri he was.
c1475 Partenay 5852 An horrible serpent..With a yanyng throte gain hym gan Auaunce.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. xi. f. 150v As thoughe they wolde with yanynge mouthes haue torne in sunder the bealy of the mannes Image.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iv. i. 73 Now will I dam vp this thy yawning mouth, For swallowing the Treasure of the Realme. View more context for this quotation
1617 J. Taylor Three Weekes Obseruations B iv b His eies well dried, would make good Tennis-balls,..his yawning mouth would serue for a Conniborrow.
1693 W. Congreve tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires xi. 227 Large yawning Panthers.
2. Opening, or open wide, as the earth, a chasm, abyss, etc.
ΘΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > wide open or gaping
yawningc893
wideOE
wide open?c1225
gap-wide1582
gaping1594
mouthed1609
patulous1616
wide-opened1635
dehiscent1649
discontinuous1667
patulent1712
hiant1800
yawn-mouthed1861
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. Contents iii. iii Hu Marcus Curtius besceat on þa genigendan [v.r. gyniendan] eorþan.
c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iv. xxi. [xix.] 322 For openre wunde & geoniendre.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xi. sig. L3v He..Vpon his crested scalp so sore did smite, That to the scull a yawning wound it made.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 635 Both Sin, and Death, and yawning Grave. View more context for this quotation
1780 W. Cowper Progress of Error 172 Cards, with what rapture, and the polish'd die, The yawning chasm of indolence supply!
1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. xxiv. 420 Many houses were swallowed up by the yawning earth, which closed immediately over them.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xxv. 363 Strains which, having once rent the ice, tend subsequently to..produce yawning crevasses.
1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols v. 79 A lofty pass..surrounded with yawning precipices.
3. That yawns from weariness; transferred characterized by or producing yawning, drowsy, sleepy.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adjective] > yawning or inclined to yawn
yawning1575
yawny1805
gapy1830
yawnish1855
yawnful1878
yawnsome1900
1575 G. Gascoigne Hundred Flowers in Wks. (1907) I. 58 The stretching armes, ye yauning breath, which I to bedward use.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. ii. 204 The sad-ey'd Iustice..Deliuering ore to Executors pale The lazie yawning Drone. View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. ii. 44 The shard-borne Beetle, with his drowsie hums, Hath rung Nights yawning Peale. View more context for this quotation
a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 108 Many formall, idle, and (as I may call them) yawning requests for mercy.
1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. 122 It is impossible to prevent them..any more than we can..refuse to yawn when I see a yawning sleepy person.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 315 Every one sees, that the yawning Husband, and the vapourish Wife, are truly insupportable to one another.
1764 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) II. 96 The account of the character of Mr. Legge is the most yawning pamphlet I ever read.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock II. iii. 81 Here am I..ready to fight, if this yawning fit will give me leave.
1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xxx. 306 The yawning, shaking, peevish figure of the mother.

Derivatives

ˈyawningly adv.
ΘΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > [adverb] > yawning
yawningly1630
yawnfully1914
1630 Bp. J. Hall Hypocrite 62 Leaning vpon your idle elbow yawningly patter out those prayers.
1840 Fraser's Mag. 22 17 The caliph received..yawningly the countless homages.
1876 R. Broughton Joan I. i. x. 206 She looks out yawningly towards her friend, the sea.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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