亚洲网紅露点

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yawn

[ yawn ]

verb (used without object)

  1. to open the mouth somewhat involuntarily with a prolonged, deep inhalation and sighing or heavy exhalation, as from drowsiness or boredom.

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  2. to open wide like a mouth.

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  3. to extend or stretch wide, as an open and deep space.

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verb (used with object)

  1. to say with a yawn.
  2. Archaic. to open wide, or lay open, as if by yawning.

noun

  1. an act or instance of yawning.
  2. an opening; open space; chasm.
  3. Also Informal. something so boring as to make one yawn:

    Critics say the new fashions are one big yawn.

yawn

/ 箩蓴藧苍 /

verb

  1. intr to open the mouth wide and take in air deeply, often as in involuntary reaction to tiredness, sleepiness, or boredom
  2. tr to express or utter while yawning
  3. intr to be open wide as if threatening to engulf (someone or something)

    the mine shaft yawned below

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. the act or an instance of yawning
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞测补飞苍别谤, noun
  • 藞测补飞苍颈苍驳, adjective
  • 藞测补飞苍颈苍驳ly, adverb
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of yawn1

First recorded before 900; Middle English verb yanen, yonen, alteration of yenen, Old English ge(o)nian; akin to Old English g膩nian, ginan, Old Norse 驳墨苍补, German 驳盲丑苍别苍, Latin 丑颈腻谤别 鈥渢o be wide open, gape,鈥 Greek 肠丑补铆苍别颈苍 鈥渢o gape鈥; hiatus, dehisce ( def ), chasm
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of yawn1

Old English gionian; related to Old Saxon 驳颈苍艒苍, Old High German 驳颈苍脓苍 to yawn, Old Norse 驳箩腻 gap
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Example Sentences

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I hear the drone of Tibetan bowls mixing with an insect chorus, scattered yawns, and what sounds like a flowing brook.

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It鈥檚 fun to read, for sure, but there鈥檚 also a yawning pit of despair sitting beneath the narrator鈥檚 alternating tones of glib humor and seething rage.

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Moments later, things got a little odd as Jason put the headphones on his yawning daughter and asked Travis what he wanted to say to Finn.

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And if you go, is the employee at checkout yawning because of fatigue or the bubonic plague?

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Zack Baun鈥檚 last name rhymes with yawn, and that was pretty much the reaction a year ago when the Philadelphia Eagles signed him as a free agent out of New Orleans.

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