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单词 yawning
释义

yawning

[ yaw-ning ]
/ ˈyɔ nɪŋ /
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adjective

being or standing wide open; gaping: the yawning mouth of a cave.
indicating by yawns one's weariness or indifference: The lecturer was oblivious to his yawning audience.

Origin of yawning

before 900; Middle English; Old English geniendum.See yawn, -ing2

OTHER WORDS FROM yawning

yawn·ing·ly, adverb

Words nearby yawning

yawl-rigged, yawmeter, yawn, yawner, yawnful, yawning, yawnsome, yawny, yawp, yaws, Yaxchilán
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