yawn
- IPA[jɔːn]
英式
- involuntarily open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom；(of an opening or space) be very large and wide
- a reflex act of opening one's mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness or boredom；a thing that is considered boring or tedious
verb: yawn, 3rd person present: yawns, gerund or present participle: yawning, past tense: yawned, past participle: yawned
- 釋義
- 相關詞
動詞
- 1. involuntarily open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom he began yawning and looking at his watch
- 2. (of an opening or space) be very large and wide she started inching back from the abyss that yawned before her the whole empty day yawned before me
名詞
- 1. a reflex act of opening one's mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness or boredom he stretches and stifles a yawn
- ▪ a thing that is considered boring or tedious the film is just one big yawn
- an act of vomiting: she looked as if she was about to do the technicolor yawn
Oxford American Dictionary
- an act of vomiting: she looked as if she was about to do the technicolor yawn
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[yôn]
美式
- involuntarily open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply due to tiredness or boredom: he began yawning and looking at his watch
- a reflex act of opening one's mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness or boredom: he stretches and stifles a yawn
Oxford American Dictionary
