Yawn



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• v.打呵欠

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English yenen, yanen, from Old English ginian; akin to Old High German ginēn to yawn, Latin hiare, Greek chainein
• Date: before 12th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to open wide ; gape
  • 2. to open the mouth wide and take a deep breath usually as an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom
• transitive verb
  • 1. to utter with a yawn
  • 2. to accomplish with or impel by yawns <his grandchildren yawned him to bed — L. L. King>

II. noun

• Date: 1602
• 1. gap, cavity
• 2. an opening of the mouth wide while taking a deep breath often as an involuntary reaction to fatigue or boredom; also a reaction resembling a yawn <a…success at the box office but drew only yawns from critics — Current Biography>
• 3. bore V <this book is kind of a yawn — Ilene L. Cooper>

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