yawn

Các nghĩa

1. ngáp

   To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.

   intransitive

   I could see my students yawning, so I knew the lesson was boring them.

   […] I found my self towards Evening, first empty and sickish at my Stomach, and nearer Night mightily enclin’d to yawning and sleepy […]

2. nói khi đang ngáp

   To say while yawning.

   “I haven’t the least idea what I want to do,” he yawned.

   “Oh,” Sutherland yawned, “I’m too old for this.”

3. há rộng, mở toang

   To present a wide opening; gape.

   The canyon yawns as it has done for millions of years, and we stand looking, dumbstruck.

   Death yawned before us, and I hit the brakes.

   ’Tis now the very witching time of night, When churchyards yawn, and hell itself breathes out Contagion to this world.

Dạng khác

• yawns present, singular, third-person
• yawning participle, present
• yawned participle, past

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