Word · Frequency #19088
yawning
裂着大口的；大张着的
gaping wide open, as if about to swallow someone or something
常用来形容洞口、裂缝等大得吓人。
- 1.
That yawns or yawn.
打哈欠的。
- 2.
Wide open.
张开的；大开的。
打着呵欠的；打哈欠的；打哈欠的。；张开的；大开的。；打着呵欠的；裂着大口的
In use
The bridge had a yawning gap in the middle, so cars could not cross.
A yawning hole in the pavement stopped the pedestrians.
The hikers stopped before the yawning mouth of the cave.
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。
Common mistakes
He is yawn.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。
He kept yawning, so I was boring.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。
Connections
Collocations
- yawning gap
- 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。
- yawning chasm
- 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。
- yawning abyss
- 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。
- yawning void
- 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。
- yawning audience
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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”。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.