| 单词 | yawn |
| 释义 | yawn /yawn/, v.i. 1. to open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged, deep inhalation and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom. 2. to open wide like a mouth. 3. to extend or stretch wide, as an open and deep space. v.t. 4. to say with a yawn. 5. Archaic. to open wide, or lay open, as if by yawning. n. 6. an act or instance of yawning. 7. an opening; open space; chasm. 8. Also, yawner. Informal. something so boring as to make one yawn: Critics say the new fashions are one big yawn. [bef. 900; ME yanen, yonen (v.), alter. of yenen, OE ge(o)nian; akin to OE ganian, ginan, ON gina, G gähnen, L hiare (see HIATUS), Gk chaínein to gape (see CHASM)] Syn. 1-3. gape. |
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