yawn

/jɔːn/ v. / n.
标准词条 CET-4CET-6
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打哈欠；哈欠

释义与例句

v. 打哈欠
to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply, usually because you are tired or bored
  1. He yawned and rubbed his eyes during the long lecture.
    他在冗长的讲座中打着哈欠、揉着眼睛。
  2. I kept yawning because I had slept badly.
    因为没睡好，我不停地打哈欠。
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  1. She tried not to yawn during the interview.
    面试时她努力忍着不打哈欠。
n. 哈欠
an act of opening the mouth wide and breathing in deeply because of tiredness or boredom
  1. She covered her mouth to hide a yawn.
    她捂住嘴以掩饰一个哈欠。
  2. His constant yawns suggested that he was exhausted.
    他接连打哈欠，说明他已经筋疲力尽。
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  1. A loud yawn escaped him before he could stop it.
    他还没来得及忍住，就大声打了个哈欠。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 yawn 作动词用 yawn，作可数名词常用 stifle a yawn 或 let out a yawn；过去式是规则形式 yawned。

词族与关联词

易混词（形近或义近，注意区别）
  • gape 目瞪口呆地凝视；张大嘴
    yawn 通常因疲倦或无聊而深呼吸并张大嘴；gape 常因惊讶而张口凝视，不一定是在打哈欠。
    People gaped at the enormous machine. 人们目瞪口呆地看着这台巨大的机器。
常见搭配
  • stifle a yawn 忍住哈欠
    He stifled a yawn as the meeting continued. 会议继续进行时，他忍住了一个哈欠。
  • yawn widely 张大嘴打哈欠
    The cat yawned widely and went back to sleep. 猫张大嘴打了个哈欠，又接着睡觉了。
  • let out a yawn 发出哈欠声；打个哈欠
    She let out a yawn and reached for her coffee. 她打了个哈欠，伸手去拿咖啡。