Gape

[geɪp]

解释:

(noun.) a stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open).

(noun.) an expression of openmouthed astonishment.

(verb.) be wide open; 'the deep gaping canyon'.

编辑:维尔玛--From WordNet

解释:

(v. i.) To open the mouth wide

(v. i.) Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape.

(v. i.) Indicating sleepiness or indifference; to yawn.

(v. i.) To pen or part widely; to exhibit a gap, fissure, or hiatus.

(v. i.) To long, wait eagerly, or cry aloud for something; -- with for, after, or at.

(n.) The act of gaping; a yawn.

(n.) The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc.

卡特编辑

同义词及近义词：

v. n. [1]. Yawn.[2]. Open the mouth (as in staring).[3]. Open, dehisce, be opened, be separated.

乔整理

解释:

v.i. to open the mouth wide: to yawn: to stare with open mouth: to be open like a gap.—n. act of gaping: width of the mouth when opened.—ns. Gap′er; Gapes a disease of birds owing to the presence of trematode worms in the windpipe shown by their uneasy gaping.—adj. Gap′ing with mouth open in admiration.—adv. Gap′ingly.

整理:史黛丝