英语释义

• showing lack of attention or boredom;

  "the yawning congregation"

• with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness;

  "a yawning congregation"

• 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 ostinancy"

• gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something;

  "the yawning mine shaft"

  "a yawning abyss"

片语

yawning gulf开口很大的鸿沟

oscitancy打呵欠；漠不关心；动作迟缓

help yawning帮助打哈欠

Frequent Yawning数欠

Yawning Fissure豁口裂缝

yawning reflex呵欠反射

While Yawning而打哈欠

yawning moment方向力矩

yawning wearily疲惫地打呵欠

Past yawning打哈欠

英汉例句

• yawning may be part of that.

  而打哈欠就是其中一部分。

• yawning when others yawn, the study suggests, is a sign of empathy and a form of social bonding.

  这项研究怀疑，伴随着别人打哈欠，是移情作用的一种体现，也是社会连结的一种形式。

• cues like sneezing, laughing, crying and yawning may be ways of creating strong social bonds within a group.

  打喷嚏、笑、哭、打哈欠都是让你跟一个群体建立强烈社会联系的方法。

• yawning may help you keep a cool head—literally, a new study suggests.

  打哈欠也许可以帮你保持头脑清醒——一项新的研究如是说。

• yawning additionally appears to facilitate transitional states of the brain, such as going from sleep to waking periods.

  呵欠还起到了使大脑状态过度顺畅的作用，比如从睡眠状态到清醒状态切换时。

• prior studies reveal yawning leads to a heightened state of arousal, so a morning yawn may function somewhat like a cup of coffee in providing a jolt of energy.

  先前的实验揭示呵欠可以产生一种加强的激励状态，所以早晨的一个呵欠也许就像一杯醒脑的咖啡那样提供少许的能量。

• in addition, yawning when it is extremely cold may be maladaptive, as this may send unusually cold air to the brain, which may produce a thermal shock.

  另外，在极度寒冷的时候打呵欠也许不大合适，因为这时通常会将冷空气送到大脑，从而使大脑发生热沖击。

• although babies begin to yawn spontaneously even before they leave the womb, most of the children in this study didn「t show signs of contagious yawning until they were 4.

  尽管婴儿甚至在离开娘胎之前开始不由自主地打哈欠，但在这项研究中的大多数孩子直到4岁才开始有打哈欠传染的迹象。

• yawning seems to be involved in the modulation of arousal process across the whole life span.

  打呵欠似乎与调整觉醒行为的过程有关，并伴随人的一生。

• i had my grandfather’s front teeth, betwixt which stood a yawning space that in his smile looked kind and wizened but in mine looked vaguely psychotic and caused a lisp.

  我的前齿长得像我祖父，上下齿之间留下一个能打哈欠的空隙。这样的长相在我祖父身上，使他的笑容看上去很和善，也使他的面容显得干瘪。

• they came downstairs yawning next morning; but skimming and milking were proceeded with as usual, and they went indoors to breakfast.

  第二天早晨，她们起床下楼时都打着呵欠；但是她们撇奶油和挤牛奶的工作依然照常进行，干完了就进屋吃早饭。

• when the head begins to heat up, yawning acts as a natural 「thermostat」 by allowing cool air to rush in and bring the brain back down to a healthy temperature, research suggests.

  科学家研究发现，当人的大脑开始出现过热时，打呵欠的动作就充当天然的「自动调温器」，让清凉的空气进入大脑，使大脑温度恢复到健康水平。

• if you start wriggling in your chairs, looking secretly at your watches or yawning behind your hands, i shall soon get the message that i’m boring you.

  如果听讲的人开始在椅子上扭来扭去，偷偷地看手表或用手捂住嘴打哈欠，讲话的人很快就得到这样的信息：「我的话令人厌烦」。

• while new york university professor of photography plans for the camera to be attached to the back of his head, maybe it」s time for students to beware when passing notes or yawning in class.

  纽约大学摄影学教授近日正打算给自己的后脑勺安装一个摄像头，那么学生们在传纸条、打哈欠时可得小心又小心了。

• the senior gallup also happens to be a leading expert on the science of yawning and other widespread evolved traits.

  巧合的是，老盖洛普也是一名主持对呵欠和其他引发广泛关注的特质进行研究的专家。

• but the new study on yawning changes the popular notion that yawns are mere signs of boredom.

  但是这项新的关于呵欠的研究改变了大众对呵欠的看法——只不过是无聊的表现。

• contagious yawning is thought to be an evolved mechanism for keeping groups alert so they 「remain vigilant against danger,」 gallup said.

  呵欠传染被认为是进化出来用于保持群体的警惕性使群体「在危险面前保持警觉，」盖洛普说。

• yawning might eventually help doctors diagnose developmental disorders. the work could also lead to a better understanding of the subtle ways that people communicate and connect.

  打哈欠可以帮助医生们诊断孩子们是否发育障碍。这项工作同时有利于人们对人类联系交流的微妙方式，得到更深刻的理解。

• yawning is not just a sign of tiredness or boredom – it is the body「s method of keeping our brain cool, scientists have found.

  打呵欠不仅是疲劳或厌倦的信号–– 根据科学家的最新发现，它还是人体用来自动调节大脑温度的一种手段。

• now a new study has found that most children aren」t susceptible to contagious yawning until they're about 4 years old -- and that children with autism are less likely to yawn contagiously than others.

  目前一项新的研究发现大多数孩子对传染性打哈欠不敏感，直到他们4岁左右--而且患自闭癥的孩子也比其他孩子不太可能受哈欠传染。

• 「bouts of excessive yawning often precede the onset of seizures in epileptic patients, and predict the onset of headaches in people who suffer from migraines,」 he added.

  「过多呵欠的癥状经常是癫痫病人病情发作的先兆，而且可以预测头痛病人偏头痛的发作，」他补充道。