yawning 音标拼音: [j'ɔnɪŋ]
a . 打呵欠的;张大口的
打呵欠的;张大口的
yawning adj 1 :
gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something ; "
the yawning mine shaft "; "
a yawning abyss "
2 :
with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness ; "
a yawning congregation "
3 :
showing lack of attention or boredom ; "
the yawning congregation " [
synonym : {
drowsy }, {
oscitant }, {
yawning (
a )}]
n 1 :
an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth ;
usually triggered by fatigue or boredom ; "
he could not suppress a yawn "; "
the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop "; "
he apologized for his oscitancy " [
synonym :
{
yawn }, {
yawning }, {
oscitance }, {
oscitancy }]
Yawn \
Yawn \ (
y [
add ]
n ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Yawned };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Yawning }.] [
OE .
yanien , [
yogh ]
anien ,
ganien ,
gonien ,
AS .
g [=
a ]
nian ;
akin to ginian to yawn ,
g [
imac ]
nan to yawn ,
open wide ,
G .
g [
aum ]
hnen to yawn ,
OHG .
gin [=
e ]
n ,
gein [=
o ]
n ,
Icel .
g [
imac ]
na to yawn ,
gin the mouth ,
OSlav .
zijati to yawn ,
L .
hiare to gape ,
yawn ;
and perhaps to E .
begin ,
cf .
Gr .
cheia `
a hole . [
root ]
47b .
Cf .
Begin ,
Gin to begin ,
{
Hiatus }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To open the mouth involuntarily through drowsiness ,
dullness ,
or fatigue ;
to gape ;
to oscitate . "
The lazy ,
yawning drone ." --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
And while above he spends his breath ,
The yawning audience nod beneath . --
Trumbull .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To open wide ;
to gape ,
as if to allow the entrance or exit of anything .
[
1913 Webster ]
'
t is now the very witching time of night ,
When churchyards yawn . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To open the mouth ,
or to gape ,
through surprise or bewilderment . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
To be eager ;
to desire to swallow anything ;
to express desire by yawning ;
as ,
to yawn for fat livings . "
One long ,
yawning gaze ." --
Landor .
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1913 Webster ]
76 Moby Thesaurus words for "
yawning ":
abysmal ,
abyssal ,
agape ,
ajar ,
anesthetized ,
bottomless ,
cataleptic ,
cavernous ,
comatose ,
deep as hell ,
dehiscence ,
dehiscent ,
doped ,
doziness ,
dozy ,
dreamy ,
drowsiness ,
drowsy ,
drugged ,
drugged with sleep ,
fathomless ,
gape ,
gaping ,
half asleep ,
heaviness ,
heavy ,
heavy with sleep ,
heavy -
eyed ,
in a stupor ,
languid ,
languor ,
lethargic ,
lethargy ,
napping ,
narcoleptic ,
narcose ,
narcotized ,
narcous ,
nodding ,
openmouthed ,
oscitancy ,
oscitant ,
oscitation ,
out of it ,
pandiculation ,
plumbless ,
plunging ,
ringent ,
sedated ,
slack -
jawed ,
sleep -
drowned ,
sleep -
drunk ,
sleep -
filled ,
sleep -
swollen ,
sleepful ,
sleepiness ,
sleepy ,
slumberous ,
slumbery ,
snoozy ,
somnolence ,
somnolency ,
somnolent ,
soporific ,
soundless ,
stretching ,
stretchy ,
stuporose ,
stuporous ,
the gapes ,
unfathomable ,
unfathomed ,
unsounded ,
without bottom ,
yawn ,
yawny
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