单词 | yawning |
释义 | yawningn. 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. 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. That yawns. 1. That opens the mouth wide, esp. in order to swallow or devour something; chiefly transferred of the mouth, wide open. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΠ 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). < n.c725adj.c890 |
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