v.打呵欠；張開

n.呵欠；乏味的人（事）

His long boring story made me yawn. 他的冗長的故事聽得我直打呵欠。

He closed the book, yawned, and went to bed. 他合起書, 打了個呵欠, 然后上床睡覺了。

I gave a loud yawn, but he just kept on talking. 我大聲打了個呵欠，可他還是不停地講下去。

He stretched himself with a yawn. 他打了個呵欠伸了伸懶腰。

yawn的基本意思是“打呵欠”,指由于困乏或不耐心而表現(xiàn)出的把嘴張得大大地,深深地、慢慢地呼吸。引申可指“張開,裂開”。

yawn一般用作不及物動詞。偶爾也用作及物動詞,后接名詞作賓語。

yawn也可用作名詞,意思是“呵欠”“乏味〔枯燥〕的事物”。例如:His yawns suggested he was either tired or bored.他呵欠連天說明他不是疲倦,就是厭倦了。