| 单词 | yawning |
| 释义 | yawning (once / 1539 pages) nadj Yawning is what happens when you reflexively opes your mouth wide, inhale, and exhale again. Most yawning is caused by sleepiness or extreme boredom. Use the word yawning for actual yawning — or to mean "wide open." A yawning chasm in the ground is a huge, wide gap, and a yawning hole in a movie's plot is the obvious space where some details are missing, making the resulting story seem unlikely and unbelievable. A yawning child, on the other hand, is probably just ready for her nap. WORD FAMILYyawning: yawningly, yawnings+/yawn: yawned, yawner, yawning, yawns/yawner: yawners USAGE EXAMPLES“My mother was like one of those women who never stopped chattering,” the narrator says, “even while yawning.” New York Times(Dec 14, 2016) It stopped as quickly as it had started, and the sun came out again, mildly, as if yawning after a nap. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) What it means is that United are now a yawning 11 points behind Chelsea and any title-challenging hopes rather distant. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) 1n an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop Syn|Hypo|Hyper oscitance, oscitancy, yawn pandiculation yawning and stretching (as when first waking up) inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus 2adj with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness a yawning congregation Syn open, opened used of mouth or eyes 3adj showing lack of attention or boredom the yawning congregation Syn drowsy, oscitant inattentive showing a lack of attention or care 4adj gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something the yawning mine shaft a yawning abyss Syn open affording free passage or access |
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