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slack-jawed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈslack-jawed adjective  having your mouth slightly open, especially because you are surprised or stupid 微张着嘴的〔尤因吃惊或愚蠢〕 SYN open-mouthed They looked at him, slack-jawed with disbelief. 他们张着嘴,难以置信地看着他。
Examples from the Corpus
slack-jawedThe inmates are stunned in slack-jawed amazement.She gasped repeatedly and Creed, goggle-eyed and slack-jawed, panted in time with her gasping.He looked out with an expression not yet of terror but of total, slack-jawed surprise.The audience sat slack-jawed with disbelief.
ˈslack-jawed adjectiveChineseSyllable
your slightly you because open, Corpus mouth especially having


slack-jawed
ˈslack-jawed adjective
having your mouth slightly open, especially because you are surprised or stupid
   SYN  open-mouthed:
    They looked at him, slack-jawed with disbelief.