yawning
n. 打呵欠
adj. 张着大嘴的,打哈欠的
v. 打呵欠( yawn的现在分词 ); 张开,裂开
If you yawn, you open your mouth very wide and breathe in more air than usual, often when you are tired or when you are not interested in something.
She yawned, and stretched lazily...
她打了个哈欠,伸了个懒腰。
They looked bored and yawned at the speeches.
他们看起来已经厌倦了这些演讲,直打哈欠。
If you describe something such as a book or a film as a yawn, you think it is very boring
The debate was a mockery. A big yawn...
这场辩论实在可笑。简直是无聊透顶。
The concert was a predictable yawn.
果不其然,那场音乐会很乏味。
A gap or an opening that yawns is large and wide, and often frightening.
The gulf between them yawned wider than ever...
他们之间的隔阂比以往任何时候都要深。
Liddie's doorway yawned blackly open at the end of the hall.
走廊尽头利迪的门黑洞洞地敞开着。
1. an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom;
1. gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something;
2. with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness;
3. showing lack of attention or boredom;
A yawning North-South gulf has opened up with both sides digging in.
双方都坚持自己的立场,南北之间出现了一条鸿沟。
Yawning is often contagious.
打哈欠常易于感染.
I felt so sleepy I couldn't stop yawning.
我感到很困,止不住地打呵欠.
Here all seems fallen asunder, in wide - yawning dislocation.
这里似乎一切都陷入了崩裂, 天塌地陷般地混乱.
Old Cheng who had woken was yawning . His mouth still agape he mumbled, " Is it late? "
老程醒了,打了个哈欠,口还没并好, 就手就说了话; “ 不早啦 吧 ? ” 说得音调非常的复杂.