英语词汇“gape”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

gape

2 of 2

noun

plural gapes

: an act or instance of opening the mouth wide or of keeping the mouth open wide

One piranha, she discovered, went from wide-open gape to shut jaws in less than five milliseconds, far faster than the wink of an eye.

Per Ola d'Aulaire and Emily d'Aulaire

It seemed his mouth was always sort of hanging open in a stupid gape …

Jill McCorkle

At first glance, the case seemed routine, and the suspects elicited no gapes [=open-mouthed looks] of surprise …

Michael Powell and Nicholas Confessore

She was pushing an unwieldy shopping cart in the street, trying to keep out of the way of oncoming cars, ignoring the gapes of passersby.

Joan Levine

—often used in combination

gape-mouthedHe looked at his men, all of them staring gape-jawed at him …

David Abrams

sometimes, specifically : yawn entry 2 sense 2

… another hour of pleasure or of penance was to be sat out, another hour of music was to give delight or the gapes [=a fit of yawning] …

Jane Austen

: the expanse of an open mouth : the opening formed by the open mouth of an animal (such as a bird, fish, or snake)

An eel, like most fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, is gape limited, meaning it can eat only what it can swallow …

Gene S. Helfman

: the line along which the mandibles (see mandible sense 1c) of a bird close

: something resembling an open mouth (such as an unfilled space or extent)

A hole, in whitewater parlance, is a recirculating maw of foam. … Its gape shows like a frothy smirk or, depending on viewpoint, a frown.

David Quammen

: the width of an opening

… gyratory crushers having a gape suitable for the coarsest crushing …

A. M. Gaudin

gapes plural in form but singular in construction

: a disease of birds and especially young birds in which gapeworms invade and irritate the trachea (see trachea sense 1)

a case of gapes

—often used with the

… an outbreak of the gapes, a disease of fowls caused by worms in the windpipe.

John Cheever

Synonyms

Verb

blink
gawk
gawp [chiefly British]
gaze
goggle
peer
rubberneck
stare

Noun

aspect [archaic]
eye
gaze
regard
scrutiny
stare

See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Verb she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order Noun I told him to stop staring, that his rather stupid gape was annoying.

Recent Examples on the Web

Verb

The sheer neck-craning nature of the blast, leaving fans and players alike to stare up and gape as the ball hurtled a fraction right of the foul pole, was something to marvel at.

Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2022 Perhaps the most popular way to explore the canyon is via a boat tour that meanders down the river, allowing visitors to gape up at the imposing rock walls.

Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2022 From many places along Interstate 5, where travelers can’t help but gape at the towering volcano, snow has been hard to see for weeks.

Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Aug. 2021 But, in the meantime, Metsavainio’s 100,000-pixel-wide epic still offers plenty to gape at.

Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2021 Summoning their inner thespians, possums keel over when cornered, allowing their mouths to gape open in apparent death.

Doug Maccash | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2020 His tough, often mean-spirited, sexist speech created a spectacle that Americans couldn’t help but gape at.

Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2020 When a young food runner fumbled over the ingredients in pastry chef Anne Blanchard’s refreshing dessert (crisp pink grapefruit sorbet, buttery strawberry sablé, lime cream), the senior server standing behind him didn’t swoop in or gape in horror.

Adam Erace, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2020 The Grand Canyon this is not — but the cracks were sizable enough to make visitors gape.

Giulia Mcdonnell Nieto Del Rio, latimes.com, 9 July 2019

Noun

Patagonia’s nylon-spandex bikini top ($55) has a generous band under the bust that prevents gape, and the halter fit and adjustable ties hold everything in place.

Amy Jurries, Outside Online, 14 May 2015 Memory foam cups give your boobs a natural lift and help prevent gape for optimal comfort.

Susan Brickell, Health.com, 14 Oct. 2021 Rangers estimate that up to 800 people gape at the park’s storied red rock during peak spring and fall weekends, with 400 to 600 of those being rim-to-rim runners and hikers hauling up and down 4,000-foot drops and climbs.

Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online, 15 Sep. 2021 The gape face is often accompanied by nausea and a desire to run away or otherwise gain distance from the offensive thing, as well as the urge to clean oneself.

New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021 Return to street to gape at what looks like a massive erupting volcano spewing impossibly wide plume of orange-brown-gray smoke into the sky where the towers used to stand.

Damon Linker, The Week, 11 Sep. 2017 Witherspoon sustained significant injuries herself including a gape in her head and a cut in her hand that required surgery.

ABC News, 11 Nov. 2021 On Friday, customers at the Ocean Avenue Walgreens stopped to gape at a sign in the front window.

Rachel Swan, Danielle Echevarria, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2021 But that vision belongs in the realm of rapturous poetry, not for us film lovers to gape in awestruck amazement at the foolishness.

Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English gapen, borrowed from Old Norse gapa, going back to Germanic *gapōn- (whence Middle Dutch gapen "to gaze stupidly," Middle High German gaffen), perhaps of phonesthemic origin

Noun

derivative of gape entry 1

First Known Use

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun

1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	gape
释义	gape 1 of 2 verb ˈgāp sometimes ˈgap gaped; gaping intransitive verb 1 a : to open the mouth wide b : to open or part widely holes gaped in the pavement 2 : to gaze stupidly or in open-mouthed surprise or wonder gaped at the squabbling monkeys 3 : yawn The dull lecture made the students gape. gapingly ˈgā-piŋ-lē ˈga-piŋ- adverb gape 2 of 2 noun plural gapes 1 : an act or instance of opening the mouth wide or of keeping the mouth open wide One piranha, she discovered, went from wide-open gape to shut jaws in less than five milliseconds, far faster than the wink of an eye. Per Ola d'Aulaire and Emily d'Aulaire It seemed his mouth was always sort of hanging open in a stupid gape … Jill McCorkle At first glance, the case seemed routine, and the suspects elicited no gapes [=open-mouthed looks] of surprise … Michael Powell and Nicholas Confessore She was pushing an unwieldy shopping cart in the street, trying to keep out of the way of oncoming cars, ignoring the gapes of passersby. Joan Levine —often used in combination gape-mouthedHe looked at his men, all of them staring gape-jawed at him … David Abrams sometimes, specifically : yawn entry 2 sense 2 … another hour of pleasure or of penance was to be sat out, another hour of music was to give delight or the gapes [=a fit of yawning] … Jane Austen 2 a : the expanse of an open mouth : the opening formed by the open mouth of an animal (such as a bird, fish, or snake) An eel, like most fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, is gape limited, meaning it can eat only what it can swallow … Gene S. Helfman b : the line along which the mandibles (see mandible sense 1c) of a bird close 3 a : something resembling an open mouth (such as an unfilled space or extent) A hole, in whitewater parlance, is a recirculating maw of foam. … Its gape shows like a frothy smirk or, depending on viewpoint, a frown. David Quammen b : the width of an opening … gyratory crushers having a gape suitable for the coarsest crushing … A. M. Gaudin 4 gapes plural in form but singular in construction : a disease of birds and especially young birds in which gapeworms invade and irritate the trachea (see trachea sense 1) a case of gapes —often used with the … an outbreak of the gapes, a disease of fowls caused by worms in the windpipe. John Cheever Synonyms Verb blink gawk gawp [chiefly British] gaze goggle peer rubberneck stare Noun aspect [archaic] eye gaze regard scrutiny stare See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order Noun I told him to stop staring, that his rather stupid gape was annoying. Recent Examples on the Web Verb The sheer neck-craning nature of the blast, leaving fans and players alike to stare up and gape as the ball hurtled a fraction right of the foul pole, was something to marvel at. Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2022 Perhaps the most popular way to explore the canyon is via a boat tour that meanders down the river, allowing visitors to gape up at the imposing rock walls. Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2022 From many places along Interstate 5, where travelers can’t help but gape at the towering volcano, snow has been hard to see for weeks. Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Aug. 2021 But, in the meantime, Metsavainio’s 100,000-pixel-wide epic still offers plenty to gape at. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2021 Summoning their inner thespians, possums keel over when cornered, allowing their mouths to gape open in apparent death. Doug Maccash \| Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2020 His tough, often mean-spirited, sexist speech created a spectacle that Americans couldn’t help but gape at. Nicole Goodkind, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2020 When a young food runner fumbled over the ingredients in pastry chef Anne Blanchard’s refreshing dessert (crisp pink grapefruit sorbet, buttery strawberry sablé, lime cream), the senior server standing behind him didn’t swoop in or gape in horror. Adam Erace, Fortune, 8 Mar. 2020 The Grand Canyon this is not — but the cracks were sizable enough to make visitors gape. Giulia Mcdonnell Nieto Del Rio, latimes.com, 9 July 2019 Noun Patagonia’s nylon-spandex bikini top ($55) has a generous band under the bust that prevents gape, and the halter fit and adjustable ties hold everything in place. Amy Jurries, Outside Online, 14 May 2015 Memory foam cups give your boobs a natural lift and help prevent gape for optimal comfort. Susan Brickell, Health.com, 14 Oct. 2021 Rangers estimate that up to 800 people gape at the park’s storied red rock during peak spring and fall weekends, with 400 to 600 of those being rim-to-rim runners and hikers hauling up and down 4,000-foot drops and climbs. Hannah Weinberger, Outside Online, 15 Sep. 2021 The gape face is often accompanied by nausea and a desire to run away or otherwise gain distance from the offensive thing, as well as the urge to clean oneself. New York Times, 27 Dec. 2021 Return to street to gape at what looks like a massive erupting volcano spewing impossibly wide plume of orange-brown-gray smoke into the sky where the towers used to stand. Damon Linker, The Week, 11 Sep. 2017 Witherspoon sustained significant injuries herself including a gape in her head and a cut in her hand that required surgery. ABC News, 11 Nov. 2021 On Friday, customers at the Ocean Avenue Walgreens stopped to gape at a sign in the front window. Rachel Swan, Danielle Echevarria, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2021 But that vision belongs in the realm of rapturous poetry, not for us film lovers to gape in awestruck amazement at the foolishness. Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2021 See More Word History Etymology Verb Middle English gapen, borrowed from Old Norse gapa, going back to Germanic gapōn- (whence Middle Dutch gapen* "to gaze stupidly," Middle High German gaffen), perhaps of phonesthemic origin Noun derivative of gape entry 1 First Known Use Verb 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a Noun 1535, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition gape 1 of 2 verb ˈgāp gaped; gaping 1 : to stare with the mouth open in surprise or wonder … he stood and gaped at her in astonishment … Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstocking 2 : to open or part widely a gaping wound gape 2 of 2 noun : an act or instance of opening or staring with the mouth open He ignored everyone's stunned gapes. gape 1 of 2 noun as in stare a fixed intent look I told him to stop staring, that his rather stupid gape was annoying Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance stare gaze eye scrutiny glare attention regard glower aspect fixation watch contemplation observation inspection examination survey study surveillance observance perusal Antonyms & Near Antonyms glance glimpse sight peek peep flash blink ogle stime scan browse oeillade See More gape 2 of 2 verb as in to stare to look long and hard in wonder or surprise she suddenly realized she had been gaping at the good-looking waiter instead of giving him her order Synonyms & Similar Words stare gawk gaze gawp peer rubberneck goggle glare blink gloat glower ogle leer watch fixate eye outstare stare down peruse observe outface study consider regard pore (over) Antonyms & Near Antonyms glimpse glance peek peep scan browse dip (into) wink (at) See More
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