1. | [i] 打哈欠to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply through it, usually because you are tired or bored |
He stood up, stretched and yawned. 他站起身来,伸了个懒腰,打了个哈欠。 |
2. | [i] 非常宽;难以逾越to be very wide and often frightening and difficult to get across |
A crevasse yawned at their feet. 他们的脚下是一条张开大口的裂缝。 | |
There's a yawning gap between rich and poor. 贫富之间有一条鸿沟。 |