Yawn
[ jɔn ]
第3级
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vi. 打呵欠;张开，裂开;<文学>张开大口;
n. 呵欠;无聊的人或事;裂口;
📝 例句
stifle laughter [a yawn]
忍住笑 [呵欠]
He got up with a stretch and a yawn.
他起来后伸伸懒腰，打个呵欠。
He gave a yawn and then fell asleep.
他打了个呵欠，然后就睡觉了。
Mr. Walsh yawned over the evening papers.
华尔希先生一边看晚报一边打呵欠。
Don't yawn in company.
在客人面前别打呵欠。
🌱 联想助记
【串】dawn(黎明)诞(谐音),lawn(草坪)烂(谐音),yawn(打个哈欠)表示厌(谐音)
【记】※ ya-拼音“鸭”,wn-拼音“无奈”:鸭子无奈地打呵欠
※ lawn-草地,yawn-打呵欠:躺在松软草坪上,睡意连连打呵欠
※ ya-拼音“鸭”,wn-拼音“温暖”:鸭子在温暖的天气里更容易打呵欠
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
yawn
v[I]
1 take (usu involuntarily) a deep breath with the mouth wide open, as when sleepy or bored 打哈欠.
2 (of large holes, etc) be wide open （指大洞穴等）张开, 裂开
The deep crevasse yawned at their feet. 他们脚下的冰川有一道深深的裂缝.
a yawning chasm 地上裂开的大坑
(fig 比喻) a yawning gap between the rich and poor in our society 我们社会中贫富之间的鸿沟. yawn, n
1 act of yawning (yawn v 1) 哈欠.
2 (usu sing 通常作单数) (infml derog 口, 贬) uninteresting or boring thing 乏味的或枯燥的事物
The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish. 那会议自始至终十分无聊.
🎯 考研助记
“仰”（谐音）面朝天打 呵欠 -awn 黎明诞（谐音）(dawn)， 草坪烂(谐音)(lawn),打个 哈欠(yawn)表示厌（谐音）
🔁 扩展释义
*[jɒ:n]n. 哈欠vi. 打哈欠, 裂开vt. 打着哈欠说相关词组: with a yawn
📖 同为「CET-4」词汇
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You've got lots of old buildings in your country.
你们国家有许多古老的建筑物。
My teacher's gifted instruction lived on after her death.
我的教师逝世后，她宝贵的教诲仍继续长存。
At this period Indians living in South Africa were badly treated by South African whites, and very few of them had the right to vote.
在那一时期，居住在南非的印度人受到南非白人的虐待，他们当中有选举权的寥寥无几。