yawn

verb

/jɔːn/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they yawn	/jɔːn/ /jɔːn/
he / she / it yawns	/jɔːnz/ /jɔːnz/
past simple yawned	/jɔːnd/ /jɔːnd/
past participle yawned	/jɔːnd/ /jɔːnd/
-ing form yawning	/ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/

[intransitive] to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply through it, usually because you are tired or bored打哈欠
- He stood up, stretched and yawned.他站起身来，伸了个懒腰，打了个哈欠。
- We couldn't help yawning during the speech.演讲过程中，我们忍不住打呵欠。
- + speech ‘Wow,’ she yawned, ‘a customer.’“哇，”她打了个哈欠，“一个顾客。
- He got fed up of people yawning at him when he talked about his job.他烦透了那些听到他谈论自己的工作就朝他打哈欠的人。
- He sat up and yawned hugely.他坐起来，打了一个大哈欠。
- I was so tired I couldn't stop yawning.我太累了，忍不住打起了哈欠。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- hugely
- widely
- loudly
- …
verb + yawn
- make somebody
- hear somebody
preposition
- at
phrases
- can’t stop yawning
[intransitive] (of a large hole or an empty space大的洞穴或空间) to be very wide and often frightening and difficult to get across非常宽；难以逾越 synonym gape
- A crevasse yawned at their feet.他们的脚下是一条张开大口的裂缝。
- (figurative) There's a yawning gap between rich and poor.贫富之间有一条鸿沟。

词源Old English geonian, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hiare and Greek khainein. Current noun senses date from the early 18th cent.

yawn

noun

/jɔːn/

an act of yawning哈欠
- She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.她又忍住了哈欠，竭力显出感兴趣的样子。
- He struggled to stifle a yawn.他努力忍住哈欠。
- He tried to conceal his yawn behind his hand.他试图用手捂住嘴打哈欠。
- The little boy gave a huge yawn.小男孩打了一个大哈欠。
- The speech was greeted with a collective yawn from the press gallery.记者席上的人对这次演讲全都不感兴趣。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- deep
- huge
- …
verb + yawn
- fight back
- hold back
- stifle
- …
yawn + verb
- escape
preposition
- with a yawn
[usually singular] (informal) a boring event, idea, etc.乏味的事情；无趣的想法
- The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.这个会议自始至终都无聊透顶。

词源Old English geonian, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin hiare and Greek khainein. Current noun senses date from the early 18th cent.