YAWNS
形容词和名词的不同含义
形容词:
1. 想打哈欠的,感到昏昏欲睡的
2. 单调乏味的,毫无吸引力的
名词:
1. 哈欠,打哈欠的动作
2. 单调乏味的事物或情况
词语辨析
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Yawns 和
boredom 都可以用来形容单调乏味的事物或情况。但是,
yawns 更强调对事物的不感兴趣,而
boredom 更强调对事物的无聊和厌烦。
词汇扩充
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yawningly (副词):打哈欠地,乏味地
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yawner (名词):打哈欠的人,乏味的事物
近义词
- drowsy, sleepy, tired
反义词
- exciting, interesting, captivating
柯林斯词典
yawns (noun):
1. If you have yawns, you keep opening your mouth wide and breathing in more air than usual because you need to sleep or because you are tired or bored.
2. If you say that something is a yawn, you mean that it is very boring.
yawns (verb):
1. If you yawn, you open your mouth wide and breathe in more air than usual, often when you are tired or bored.
2. If you say that something yawns, you mean that it is very boring or uninteresting.
牛津词典
yawns (noun):
1. A reflex act of opening one's mouth wide and inhaling deeply due to tiredness or boredom.
2. A thing that is very boring.
yawns (verb):
1. Inhale involuntarily due to tiredness or boredom.
2. Be very boring or tedious.
用法
作为名词:
1. He couldn't hide his yawns during the boring lecture.
他在无聊的讲座期间无法掩饰自己的哈欠。
2. The meeting was such a yawn. I almost fell asleep.
这个会议太无聊了,我差点睡着了。
作为动词:
1. She yawned and stretched before getting out of bed.
她在起床前伸了个懒腰。
2. The movie was so bad, I yawned through the whole thing.
这部电影太糟糕了,我看得一直打哈欠。
相关例句
1. The baby yawned and rubbed its eyes, indicating it was ready for a nap.
宝宝打了个哈欠,揉了揉眼睛,表示它想要睡觉了。
2. The lecture was so boring that everyone in the audience was fighting off yawns.
这个讲座太无聊了,观众里的每个人都忍不住要打哈欠。
3. I was so exhausted after work that I couldn't stop yawning during dinner.
下班后我太累了,晚餐时无法停止打哈欠。
4. The novel started with a gripping first chapter but became a yawn in the middle.
这本小说一开始的第一章非常引人入胜,但中间变得乏味无聊。
5. The comedian's routine was a complete yawn. I didn't even crack a smile.
这个喜剧演员的表演完全乏味无聊,连笑都笑不出来。
6. The boring documentary had me yawning within the first few minutes.
这个无聊的纪录片让我在几分钟内就开始打哈欠。
7. The long, monotonous meeting caused a chorus of yawns from the participants.
漫长而单调的会议引起了与会者的一片哈欠声。
8. She tried to stifle her yawns during the long and tedious lecture.
她试图压抑在冗长乏味的讲座期间的哈欠。
9. The movie was a real yawn. I couldn't wait for it to end.
这部电影真的太无聊了,我等不及它结束。
10. The comedian's jokes were so stale that they elicited yawns instead of laughter.
这个喜剧演员的笑话太陈旧了,引来的是哈欠而不是笑声。
11. The play started with a bang but quickly turned into a yawn.
这个剧本一开始很精彩,但很快就变得乏味无聊。
12. The professor's droning voice caused many students to stifle yawns.
教授嘈杂的声音让许多学生忍不住打哈欠。
13. The yawn of the lioness was a signal for the cubs to gather around her.
母狮的哈欠是幼崽们聚集在她周围的信号。
14. The presentation was such a yawn that half of the audience left before it ended.
这个演讲太无聊了,结束前一半的观众都走了。
15. The book started off promisingly but soon became a yawn-inducing bore.
这本书一开始很有潜力,但很快就变成了令人打哈欠的无聊之作。
16. Her constant yawning during the meeting showed her lack of interest.
她在会议期间不停打哈欠显示出她的不感兴趣。
17. The party turned out to be a real yawn. I regretted going.
这次聚会真的太无聊了,我后悔去了。
18. The comedian's jokes were met with yawns from the unimpressed audience.
那个喜剧演员的笑话让不感兴趣的观众打哈欠。
19. The boring documentary put me to sleep. I yawned my way through it.
这个无聊的纪录片让我入睡了,我一边打哈欠一边看完了它。
20. She couldn't help but yawn during the long and tedious lecture.
在冗长乏味的讲座期间,她不禁打起了哈欠。