英语词汇“yawn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

yawnyawn1 /yɔn/ ●●○ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYyawn¹

Origin: Old English geonian

VERB TABLE

yawn

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	yawn
	he, she, it	yawns
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	yawned
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have yawned
	he, she, it	has yawned
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had yawned
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will yawn
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have yawned

Continuous Form
Present	I	am yawning
	he, she, it	is yawning
	you, we, they	are yawning
Past	I, he, she, it	was yawning
	you, we, they	were yawning
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been yawning
	he, she, it	has been yawning
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been yawning
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be yawning
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been yawning

1to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply, usually because you are tired or bored: Fred yawned and stretched.2 (also yawn open) if a hole in the ground yawns, it is wide open or it suddenly becomes wide open, in a frightening way [Origin: Old English geonian]

verb | noun

yawnyawn2 ●●○ noun

COLLOCATIONS► stifled a yawn

Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn (=tried to stop yawning).

1[countable] an act of yawning: Kay shook her head and stifled a yawn (=tried to stop yawning).2 (also yawner) [singular] informal someone or something that is boring