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单词 yawn
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yawn
verb[I]
uk
/jɔːn/us
/jɑːn/
B1
toopenthemouthwideand take a lot ofairinto thelungsandslowlysendit out, usually whentiredorbored:
打哈欠
I can'tstopyawning - I must betired.我一个劲儿打哈欠——肯定是累了。
More examples
  • He yawnedloudlyin themiddleof herspeech.
  • I was sotired, I couldn'thelpyawning.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Noises made by the body
  • belch
  • blow
  • borborygmus
  • break
  • break windidiom
  • bruit
  • burp
  • clear
  • cough
  • footstep
  • grumble
  • pass windidiom
  • sneeze
  • snore
  • snorer
  • snoring
  • snort
  • wheeze
  • wheezy
  • wind
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yawn
noun
uk
/jɔːn/us
/jɑːn/
[C]
anactof yawning:
哈欠
Hereyeswateredas shetriedtostifle(=stop)a yawn.她强忍着不打哈欠，眼泪都出来了。
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a yawn[S]informal
something or someone that is veryboring:
乏味的事物（或人）
Thefilmwas atotalyawn.这个电影太没劲了。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
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 weekendUKYou're about as fun as a wet weekend.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Noises made by the body
  • belch
  • blow
  • borborygmus
  • break
  • break windidiom
  • bruit
  • burp
  • clear
  • cough
  • footstep
  • grumble
  • pass windidiom
  • sneeze
  • snore
  • snorer
  • snoring
  • snort
  • wheeze
  • wheezy
  • wind
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People who are boring and old-fashioned
Boredom, tedium and boring things
(Definition ofyawnfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

yawn| American Dictionary

yawn
verb[I]
us
/jɔn/
toopenthemouthwideand take in andletout adeepbreathwithoutconsciouseffort, usually when you aretiredorbored:
She yawned,coveringhermouthwith herhand.

yawn

noun[C]us
/jɔn/
It had been anespeciallylongday, shethought,barelystiflinga yawn.
(Definition ofyawnfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofyawn

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There are enough yawning gaps between our pretensions to social equality, equality before the law, freedom of all kinds, to motivate a million comedies.
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I have been watching them very carefully, and they have been yawning their heads off.
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The gap in our overseas trade yawns dangerously.
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His frame of mind must have been one of agonised horror at the gulf yawning before him.
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I fancy that there have been one or two yawns this evening.
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Symptoms of liver damage are yawning, weight loss, poor condition, sunburn and diarrhoea.
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When is there a yawning gap and when is there not a yawning gap?
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There is still a yawning gap as regards finance.
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Given the short amount of time that we have, the more he yawns, the longer this will take.
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There must be a dampening mechanism to reduce that yawning gap.
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By so doing we are better informed, and sometimes we can build abridge where otherwise there would be merely a yawning vacuum or abyss.
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He can see the precipice yawning before him, and he unhesitatingly marches towards it.
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They have claimed that yawning trade deficits, a scenario all too familiar from past attempts at demand management, will return to haunt us.
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They are yawning their way through, and the by-elections show that they are shuffling along on borrowed time.
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There is now a yawning gap that is not being adequately filled by the building societies.
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