Yawn

(noun.) an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; 'he could not suppress a yawn'; 'the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop'; 'he apologized for his oscitancy'.

(verb.) utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; 'The child yawned during the long performance'.

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• Bedroom candlesticks bristle on the distant table by the door, and cousins yawn on ottomans. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• One night--it was in June, '89--there came a ring to my bell, about the hour when a man gives his first yawn and glances at the clock. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Miss Pocket laughed, and Camilla laughed and said (checking a yawn), The idea! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• He began to knock the heels of his boots together, and to yawn. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She placed her hand to her forehead and breathed heavily; and then her rich, romantic lips parted under that homely impulse--a yawn. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Here George Osborne gave a yawn. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• When his assumed name had been repeated several times, Noah rubbed his eyes, and, giving a heavy yawn, looked sleepily about him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• They had no sense of the other possibility, the gulf of the republican extremists, that yawned at their feet. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Then she was dragged toward those awful fangs which yawned at her throat. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The lawn, the grounds were trodden and waste: the portal yawned void. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• It wouldn't be bad,' he yawned at one time, 'to give the waiter five shillings, and throw him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• But the Colonel yawned sadly among the Duchesses and great ladies of the Court. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• A black hole yawned beneath into which we all peered, while Musgrave, kneeling at the side, pushed down the lantern. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• The jackal removed the towels from his head, which had been steaming again, shook himself, yawned, shivered, and complied. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Sir Percival was yawning in an easy-chair, the Count was reading, Madame Fosco was fanning herself. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Most likely, said Marie, yawning,--dear me, how hot it is! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• When they came out, Mr. Superintendent was excited, and Mr. Sergeant was yawning. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• For here all seems fallen asunder, in wide-yawning dislocation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Becky's former acquaintances hated and envied her; the poor woman herself was yawning in spirit. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The empty carrier then passes through a little door at the side of the building, and drops into the yawning mouth of an automatic tube. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• O, well, said Marie, yawning, that, of course--nobody doubts that. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The Turkish dignitary yawns and expresses signs of weariness and idleness. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• What were the yawns of Lady Bertram? 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• The cousin, who has been casting sofa-pillows on his head, in a prostration of boredom yawns, Vayli, being the used-up for very likely. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He found Holmes leaning languidly against the mantelpiece, resigned and patient, endeavouring to conceal his irrepressible yawns. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Again the arch yawns; they come. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• There no dense partition of yawns and toilets divides humanity by night from humanity by day. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.

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