no obj.
1- stare with one's mouth open wide, typically in amazement or wonder目瞪口呆地凝视：
they gaped at her as if she was an alien.
他们目瞪口呆地看着她, 好像她是个外星人。
1.1
- be or become wide open打开, 张开：
with complement a large carpet bag gaped open by her feet在她脚下有一只打开的毛毡手提包
as adj. gaping there was a gaping hole in the wall.墙上裂着个大口。
1
- a wide opening or rent大的裂口（或开口）：
a wide gape of the jaws.
张大了的嘴巴。
1.1
- an open-mouthed stare目瞪口呆：
she climbed into her sports car to the gapes of passers-by.
行人目瞪口呆地看着她爬进她的跑车里。
1.2
- a widely open mouth or beak大张着的嘴（或喙）：
juvenile birds with yellow gapes.
黄喙雏鸟。
1.3
the gapes
a disease of birds with gaping of the mouth as a symptom, caused by infestation with gapeworm（禽鸟的）张口病。
派生词
gapingly
adverb词源
Middle English: from Old Norse gapa; related to GAP.