yawn
音标发音
- 英式音标 [jɔːn]
- 美式音标 [jɑːn]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. 打哈欠;张得很开;(令人恐惧地)豁开
- n. 打哈欠;乏味的人(事物)
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的ginian,意为打哈欠。
词根记忆
- 躺在草地(lawn)上伸懒腰、打呵欠(yawn)
- 躺在草地(lawn)上伸懒腰,打呵欠(yawn)
用法辨析
- yawn的基本意思是“打呵欠”,指由于困乏或不耐心而表现出的把嘴张得大大地,深深地、慢慢地呼吸。引申可指“张开,裂开”。
- yawn一般用作不及物动词。偶尔也用作及物动词,后接名词作宾语。
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- He yawned and fell asleep.
他打着呵欠睡着了。 - The boy yawned a reply.
那个男孩打着呵欠回答。
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- yawn a reply 打着呵欠回答
- yawn drowsily 昏昏欲睡地打着呵欠
- yawn ferociously 使劲地打着呵欠
- yawn furtively 〔secretly〕 偷偷地打着呵欠
- yawn heavily 深深地打呵欠
- yawn lazily 懒惰地打着呵欠
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
~+副词
英英字典
- to open the mouth wide and take a lot of air into the lungs and slowly send it out, usually when tired or bored
- an act of yawning
- If you yawn, you open your mouth very wide and breathe in more air than usual, often when you are tired or when you are not interested in something.
- Yawn is also a noun.
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专业释义
- 空隙
- 呵欠
- 打哈欠