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yawning + noun
yawning 作定语，常修饰 gap、hole、chasm 等词，表示开口很大；修饰 mouth 等身体部位时，表示因困倦或无聊而张着大嘴。
The road was blocked by a yawning hole.
道路被一个裂着大口的洞挡住了。
裂着大口的；大张着的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
裂着大口的；大张着的
gaping wide open, as if about to swallow someone or something
The road was blocked by a yawning hole.
道路被一个裂着大口的洞挡住了。
常用来形容洞口、裂缝等大得吓人。
打哈欠的。
That yawns or yawn.
张开的；大开的。
Wide open.
The bridge had a yawning gap in the middle, so cars could not cross.
那座桥中间有一个大张着的缺口，汽车无法通过。
A yawning hole in the pavement stopped the pedestrians.
人行道上的一个大张着的洞挡住了行人。
The hikers stopped before the yawning mouth of the cave.
徒步旅行者们停在了大张着的洞口前。
yawning 作定语，常修饰 gap、hole、chasm 等词，表示开口很大；修饰 mouth 等身体部位时，表示因困倦或无聊而张着大嘴。
The road was blocked by a yawning hole.
道路被一个裂着大口的洞挡住了。
Not this
He is yawn.
Use this
He is yawning.
be 动词后表示正在进行的动作时，要用现在分词形式 yawning，不能用动词原形 yawn。
Not this
He kept yawning, so I was boring.
Use this
He kept yawning, so I was bored.
boring 表示“令人厌烦的”，bored 表示“感到厌烦的”；主语是人且表达感受时，应用 -ed 形容词 bored。
Not this
Yawning is a sign of bored.
Use this
Yawning is a sign of boredom.
介词 of 后需要名词，bored 是形容词，应改用名词 boredom。
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巨大的差距；明显的缺口
There is a yawning gap between the rich and the poor.
富人和穷人之间存在着巨大的差距。
裂开的鸿沟；深渊
The earthquake left a yawning chasm in the road.
地震使路面裂开一道深沟。
张着大口的深渊
She stared into the yawning abyss below the cliff.
她凝视着悬崖下方张着大口的深渊。
一片空虚；巨大的空白
After he left, she felt a yawning void in her life.
他离开后，她感到生活中一片空虚。
打哈欠的听众/观众
The speaker carried on despite the yawning audience.
尽管听众都在打哈欠，演讲者还是继续讲下去。
巨大的差距；鸿沟
There is a yawning gap between their words and their actions.
他们的言行之间存在巨大差距。
巨大的空虚；一片空白
After the children moved out, she felt a yawning void in her life.
孩子们搬出去后，她感到生活中一片巨大的空虚。
危险的深渊；无底洞
The country is on the edge of a yawning abyss of debt.
这个国家正处于债务深渊的边缘。
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联想：打哈欠(yawn)时嘴张得很大，所以yawning既指“打着呵欠的”，也形容“裂着大口的”。
语域：mixed 常见场景：formal writing、news reporting、casual speech 该词作形容词有两种常见用法：一是比喻“张大的、裂着大口的”（如 a yawning gap/abyss），多用于书面或新闻报道等正式语境；二是描述人或动物打哈欠时张大嘴的样子，日常口语和书面叙述都常用。整体语域较灵活，正式程度依具体意义而定。
与 yawning /ˈjɔːnɪŋ/ 押韵（英式非卷舌口音）的有 awning /ˈɔːnɪŋ/、spawning /ˈspɔːnɪŋ/、fawning /ˈfɔːnɪŋ/、dawning /ˈdɔːnɪŋ/、morning /ˈmɔːnɪŋ/，都含 /ɔːnɪŋ/。gnawing /ˈnɔːɪŋ/ 拼写相近，但元音后没有 /n/，与 yawning 不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.