yawn

US: /ˈjɔn/
UK: /jˈɔːn/


English Vietnamese dictionary


yawn /jɔ:n/
  • danh từ
    • ngáp (người)
      • to give a yawn: ngáp
    • (kỹ thuật) khe hở
    • nội động từ
      • há miệng, toác ra, mở ra (đồ vật)
      • ngoại động từ
        • vừa nói vừa ngáp
          • to yawn goodnight: vừa ngáp vừa chào để đi ngủ
          • "its' very late", he yawned: anh ta vừa ngáp vừa nói "khuya lắm rồi"
          • to yawn one's head off: ngáp sái quai hàm

      Advanced English dictionary


      verb, noun
      + verb
      [V]
      1 to open your mouth wide and breathe in deeply through it, usually because you are tired or bored: He stood up, stretched and yawned. + We couldn't help yawning during the speech.
      2 (of a large hole or an empty space) to be very wide and often frightening and difficult to get across: A crevasse yawned at their feet. + (figurative) There's a yawning gap between rich and poor.
      + noun
      1 an act of yawning: She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested.
      2 [usually sing.] (informal) a boring event, idea, etc: The meeting was one big yawn from start to finish.

      Collocation dictionary


      ADJ.

      big, deep, huge | noisy | stifled

      VERB + YAWN

      stifle, suppress
      He struggled to stifle a yawn.
      | give
      The little boy gave a huge yawn.
      | conceal
      He tried to conceal his yawn behind his hand.

      PREP.

      with a ~


      Concise English dictionary


      yawns|yawned|yawningjɔːn
      noun
      +an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom
      verb
      +utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired
      +be wide open