| 词汇 | yawn |
| 释义 | yawn verb[ I ] uk /jɔːn/ us /jɑːn/ B1 to open the mouth wide and take a lot of air into the lungs and slowly send it out, usually when tired or bored: 打哈欠 I can't stop yawning - I must be tired.我一个劲儿打哈欠——肯定是累了。 He yawned loudly in the middle of her speech. I was so tired, I couldn't help yawning. Noises made by the body belch borborygmus break break windidiom bruit burp clear cough footfall footstep grumble pass windidiom sneeze sneezy snorer snoring snort wheeze wind yawn noun uk /jɔːn/ us /jɑːn/ [ C ] an act of yawning: 哈欠 stifle a yawnHer eyes watered as she tried to stifle (= stop) a yawn.她强忍着不打哈欠，眼泪都出来了。 Wilhelmina Cornelia Van Der Zwan/EyeEm/GettyImages a yawn[ S ]informal something or someone that is very boring: 乏味的事物（或人） The film was a total yawn.这个电影太没劲了。 The whole conference was a bit of a yawn. A two-hour meeting - what a yawn! Frankly, most of these shows are a yawn. So far, the contest has been a total yawn. His latest album is, sadly, a yawn that lacks the verve of his debut. a person or thing that is not exciting or interesting boreHe just goes on and on - what a bore. crashing boreTheir candidate is a crashing bore and won't garner any attention. snoozeThe stories in the magazine are all a snooze, but the photos are fab. snoozefestThe game was a total snoozefest. a yawnEven though it's a classic, I thought the book was a bit of a yawn. a wet weekendUK You're about as fun as a wet weekend. Noises made by the body belch borborygmus break break windidiom bruit burp clear cough footfall footstep grumble pass windidiom sneeze sneezy snorer snoring snort wheeze wind You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: People who are boring and old-fashioned Boredom, tedium and boring things yawn | American Dictionaryyawn verb[ I ] us/jɔn/ to open the mouth wide and take in and let out a deep breath without conscious effort, usually when you are tired or bored: She yawned, covering her mouth with her hand. yawnnoun[ C ]us/jɔn/ It had been an especially long day, she thought, barely stifling a yawn. Examples of yawnyawn There are enough yawning gaps between our pretensions to social equality, equality before the law, freedom of all kinds, to motivate a million comedies. I have been watching them very carefully, and they have been yawning their heads off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The gap in our overseas trade yawns dangerously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His frame of mind must have been one of agonised horror at the gulf yawning before him. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fancy that there have been one or two yawns this evening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Symptoms of liver damage are yawning, weight loss, poor condition, sunburn and diarrhoea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When is there a yawning gap and when is there not a yawning gap? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is still a yawning gap as regards finance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Given the short amount of time that we have, the more he yawns, the longer this will take. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There must be a dampening mechanism to reduce that yawning gap. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By so doing we are better informed, and sometimes we can build abridge where otherwise there would be merely a yawning vacuum or abyss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He can see the precipice yawning before him, and he unhesitatingly marches towards it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have claimed that yawning trade deficits, a scenario all too familiar from past attempts at demand management, will return to haunt us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are yawning their way through, and the by-elections show that they are shuffling along on borrowed time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is now a yawning gap that is not being adequately filled by the building societies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of yawn These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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