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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649

yawn

Word family 
Related topics: Human
yawn1 /jɔːn $ jɒːn/ ●●○ verb [intransitiveI]  
1  HBHTIREDto open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply because you are tired or bored 打呵欠
 Alan stretched and yawned.
艾伦伸伸懒腰，打了个呵欠。
2  yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between something) a very large difference between two groups, things, or people (两者之间的)巨大差距
 the yawning gap between the two parties
两个党派之间的鸿沟
 the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor
巨大的贫富差距
Examples from the Corpus
yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between something)• In publishing the Hepplewhite Guide the Taylors were filling a yawning gap.• There was nothing there but a terrible, yawning gap.• There is and always has been a yawning gap at the budget end of the amplifier market.• The yawning gap between the two was deeply worrying.• To a yawning gap in how I see the world and how the world sees me.• Passion 57% A yawning chasm opens up after these four attributes.• There are yawning gulfs stretching down into the abyss which have often swallowed up cities that have fallen into them.• A yawning gap was forecast between anticipated social expenditures and resources.
3  OPEN literary to be or become wide open, especially in a frightening way 张得很开；〔尤指令人恐惧地〕豁开
 The pit yawned open in front of them.
那深坑张着大口呈现在他们面前。
yawning gap/hole etc
 the yawning gap between the two cliffs
两座悬崖之间的巨大豁口
Examples from the Corpus
yawn• The baby yawned again, and the process continued until they both fell asleep.• Fred stood up, yawned and stretched.• Adam yawned as he began to study the words once more.• Had he ever made it back, people would have still yawned at him.• Prior to this lies the yawning stretch of epochs known as the Precambrian.
yawned open• The adamantium trunk yawned open, the glassy coils lying immobile within.
Related topics: Human
yawn2 ●●○ noun  
1  [countableC]HBHTIRED an act of yawning 打呵欠
 Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn (=tried to stop yawning).
凯摇摇头，忍住呵欠。
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2  a yawn informalBORING someone or something that is boring 乏味的人[事物]
 The party was a big yawn.
这次聚会无聊透了。
Examples from the Corpus
yawn• After feeding in the access code he sat back and stifled a yawn.• When pro golfer Tiger Woods won the Masters two weeks ago, it was all I could do to suppress a yawn.• Last-minute mini-scandals were a yawn.• A yawn unsuccessfully stifled, I forgot the rest of the sentence.• His yawn turned into a grin as he considered her invitation of the night before.• In the grounds of the hotel used as an Axis headquarters, he heard a sentry yawn but found no guns.• It was followed by a stifled yawn.
stifled a yawn• It was followed by a stifled yawn.• After feeding in the access code he sat back and stifled a yawn.• He stifled a yawn then stood up and went into the kitchen.• Then they played cards until stifled yawns and missed tricks told them that tiredness was now king.
Origin yawn1
Old English geonian
yawn1 verbyawn2 noun
Chinese
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649
yawn

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + YAWN | YAWN + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVE➤big, deep, huge大哈欠；深深的哈欠▸➤loud, noisy大聲的哈欠▸➤stifled忍住的哈欠➤collective (figurative) 集體不感興趣◇The speech was greeted with a collective yawn from the press gallery.記者席上的人對這次演講全都不感興趣。VERB + YAWN➤fight back, hold back, stifle, suppress忍住／控制／強忍／抑制哈欠◇He struggled to stifle a yawn.他努力忍住哈欠。➤give, let out打哈欠◇The little boy gave a huge yawn.小男孩打了一個大哈欠。➤conceal遮掩哈欠◇He tried to conceal his yawn behind his hand.他試圖用手捂住嘴打哈欠。YAWN + VERB➤escape哈欠沒忍住◇A loud yawn escaped my lips.我沒能忍住打了一個大哈欠。PREPOSITION➤with a yawn打着哈欠
yawn

verb

ADVERB | VERB + YAWN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADVERB➤hugely, widely哈欠打得極大；張大嘴打哈欠◇He sat up and yawned hugely.他坐起來，打了一個大哈欠。➤loudly大聲打哈欠VERB + YAWN➤make sb使某人打哈欠▸➤hear sb聽見某人打哈欠PREPOSITION➤at朝⋯打哈欠◇He got fed up with people yawning at him when he talked about his job.他煩透了那些聽到他談論起自己的工作就朝他打哈欠的人。PHRASES➤can't stop yawning忍不住打哈欠◇I was so tired I couldn't stop yawning.我太累了，忍不住打起了哈欠。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 10509 COCA: 10649

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