yawn

verb

1. 打哈欠
   to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply through it, usually because you are tired or bored
   1. He stood up, stretched and yawned.
      他站起身来，伸了个懒腰，打了个哈欠。
2. 非常宽；难以逾越
   to be very wide and often frightening and difficult to get across
   1. A crevasse yawned at their feet.
      他们的脚下是一条张开大口的裂缝。
   2. There's a yawning gap between rich and poor.
      贫富之间有一条鸿沟。

noun

1. 哈欠
   an act of yawning
   1. 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。
2. 乏味的事情；令人厌烦的观点（等）
   a boring event, idea, etc.
   1. The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.
      这个会议自始至终都无聊透顶。

1. VERB 打哈欠
   If you yawn, you open your mouth very wide and breathe in more air than usual, often when you are tired or when you are not interested in something.
   1. She yawned, and stretched lazily...
      她打了个哈欠，伸了个懒腰。
   2. They looked bored and yawned at the speeches.
      他们看起来已经厌倦了这些演讲，直打哈欠。
   3. Yawn is also a noun.
      
   4. Rosanna stifled a huge yawn.
      罗莎娜想打个大哈欠，但强忍住了。
2. N-SING 乏味的事物;枯燥的事物
   If you describe something such as a book or a film as a yawn, you think it is very boring
   1. The debate was a mockery. A big yawn...
      这场辩论实在可笑。简直是无聊透顶。
   2. The concert was a predictable yawn.
      果不其然，那场音乐会很乏味。
3. VERB （裂隙或缺口）裂开，豁开
   A gap or an opening that yawns is large and wide, and often frightening.
   1. The gulf between them yawned wider than ever...
      他们之间的隔阂比以往任何时候都要深。
   2. Liddie's doorway yawned blackly open at the end of the hall.
      走廊尽头利迪的门黑洞洞地敞开着。

1. She stretched her arms out and gave a great yawn
   她伸了个懒腰，打了个大哈欠。
2. The alarm did go off but all I did was yawn, turn over and go back to sleep.
   闹钟确实响了，但我只是打了个哈欠，翻个身又接着睡着了。
3. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn
   她忍不住打了个哈欠。
4. They looked bored and yawned at the speeches.
   他们看起来已经厌倦了这些演讲，直打哈欠。
5. The debate was a mockery. A big yawn
   这场辩论实在可笑。简直是无聊透顶。
6. The concert was a predictable yawn.
   果不其然，那场音乐会很乏味。
7. The gulf between them yawned wider than ever
   他们之间的隔阂比以往任何时候都要深。
8. Liddie's doorway yawned blackly open at the end of the hall.
   走廊尽头利迪的门黑洞洞地敞开着。
9. He got up with a stretch and a yawn.
   他站起来伸伸懒腰，打个呵欠。
10. Say excuse me immediately if you burp, fart, cough, yawn or sneeze.
    如果你说对不起立即打嗝，放屁，咳嗽或打喷嚏，打哈欠。
11. After a big yawn, Santa falls asleep.
    在全世界快速飞奔了一夜，很疲倦却非常愉快。打了一个大呵欠后，圣诞老人就睡着了。
12. Fact is, we don't know why people yawn.
    事实上，我们不知道为什么人们会打哈欠。
13. They were all so tired that they could donothing but yawn.
    了，除了伸懒腰什么都做不了了。
14. But that yawn may not mean what you think.
    但对于这个哈欠，也可能是你想得太多了。
15. However we know that people also yawn, when they are excited or nervous.
    然而我们知道人们也会在兴奋或者紧张的时候打哈欠。
16. Do you start the day with a yawn instead of a smile?
    你每天是不是以一个哈欠开始工作，而不是满面笑容？
17. Do I sense the first polite suppression of a yawn?
    我是否觉察到那第一个出于礼貌而强忍住的哈欠？
18. A smothered cough; a stifled yawn; a strangled scream; suppressed laughter.
    被憋住了的咳嗽；被憋住了的哈欠；被憋住了的叫喊；受抑制的笑声。
19. I just swallowed my yawn, Mommy, so I won't be tired anymore.
    妈妈，我刚把我的哈欠吞下去了，所以我不会再觉得困了。
20. So at last, with a sigh and a yawn, he gave it up.
    他只好叹叹气，打了个呵欠，最后取消了看书学习的念头。
21. He yawn me good night.
    他打呵欠跟我说了一声晚安。
22. If you yawn a lot, sometimes he copies you.
    如果你打很多呵欠有时它会学你的。
23. He says almost anything connected with yawning can make people yawn.
    他说几乎任何和打哈欠有关的事都能使人们打哈欠。
24. In fact, I feel a yawn coming on.
    事实上，我正想打一个哈欠。
25. She gave a yawn and then fell asleep.
    她打了个哈欠便睡着了。
26. If it does-if you did yawn-write and tell me.
    如果真是这样？如果你打哈欠了？写信告诉我。
27. She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.
    她忍住了又一个呵欠，努力地试图显得感兴趣。
28. Her yawn suggests that she is sleepy.
    她打哈欠，表示她很困了。
29. Excuse me while I stifle a yawn.
    抱歉，我忍住了一个哈欠。
30. I wonder if hearing it may make you yawn.
    我想知道在听它时你是否打哈欠了。

noun

1. an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth
   1. he could not suppress a yawn
   2. the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop
   3. he apologized for his oscitancy

   Synonym:    yawningoscitanceoscitancy

verb

1. utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
   1. The child yawned during the long performance

2. be wide open
   1. the deep gaping canyon

   Synonym:    gapeyaw