yawn

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yawn1 /jɔːn $ jɒːn/ ●●○ verb [intransitive]  1  HBHTIREDto open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply because you are tired or bored 打呵欠 Alan stretched and yawned. 艾伦伸伸懒腰，打了个呵欠。 →4  See picture of 见图 yawn2  yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between something) a very large difference between two groups, things, or people (两者之间的)巨大差距 the yawning gap between the two parties 两个党派之间的鸿沟 the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor 巨大的贫富差距3  OPEN literary to be or become wide open, especially in a frightening way 张得很开；〔尤指令人恐惧地〕豁开 The pit yawned open in front of them. 那深坑张着大口呈现在他们面前。yawning gap/hole etc the yawning gap between the two cliffs 两座悬崖之间的巨大豁口→ See Verb table

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yawn• The baby yawned again, and the process continued until they both fell asleep.• Fred stood up, yawned and stretched.• Adam yawned as he began to study the words once more.• Had he ever made it back, people would have still yawned at him.• Prior to this lies the yawning stretch of epochs known as the Precambrian.yawned open• The adamantium trunk yawned open, the glassy coils lying immobile within.

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yawn2 ●●○ noun  1  [countable]HBHTIRED an act of yawning 打呵欠 Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn (=tried to stop yawning). 凯摇摇头，忍住呵欠。2  a yawn informalBORING someone or something that is boring 乏味的人[事物] The party was a big yawn. 这次聚会无聊透了。

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yawn• After feeding in the access code he sat back and stifled a yawn.• When pro golfer Tiger Woods won the Masters two weeks ago, it was all I could do to suppress a yawn.• Last-minute mini-scandals were a yawn.• A yawn unsuccessfully stifled, I forgot the rest of the sentence.• His yawn turned into a grin as he considered her invitation of the night before.• In the grounds of the hotel used as an Axis headquarters, he heard a sentry yawn but found no guns.• It was followed by a stifled yawn.stifled a yawn• It was followed by a stifled yawn.• After feeding in the access code he sat back and stifled a yawn.• He stifled a yawn then stood up and went into the kitchen.• Then they played cards until stifled yawns and missed tricks told them that tiredness was now king.Origin yawn1 Old English geonian

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yawn¹ /jɔːn $ jɒːn/ verb [intransitive]1. to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply because you are tired or bored:
    Alan stretched and yawned.
2. yawning gap/gulf/chasm (between something) a very large difference between two groups, things, or people:
    the yawning gap between the two parties
    the yawning gulf between the rich and the poor
3. literary to be or become wide open, especially in a frightening way:
    The pit yawned open in front of them.
    yawning gap/hole etc
    the yawning gap between the two cliffs

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yawn² noun
1. [countable] an act of yawning:
    Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn (=tried to stop yawning).
2. a yawn informal someone or something that is boring:
    The party was a big yawn.