英:[geɪp]
美:[ɡep, ɡæp]
英:[geɪp]
美:[ɡep, ɡæp]
复数:gapes
第三人称单数:gapes
现在分词:gaping
过去式:gaped
过去分词:gaped
gapingly (adv.), gaper (n.)
词根:gapy
adj.gapy 患张口病的
verb
intransitive verb
to open the mouth wide
to open or part widely
holes gaped in the pavement
to gaze stupidly or in open-mouthed surprise or wonder
gaped at the squabbling monkeys
yawn
The dull lecture made the students gape.
noun
an act or instance of opening the mouth wide or of keeping the mouth open wide It seemed his mouth was always sort of hanging open in a stupid gape …—Jill McCorkle At first glance, the case seemed routine, and the suspects elicited no gapes [=open-mouthed looks] of surprise …—Michael Powell and Nicholas Confessore She was pushing an unwieldy shopping cart in the street, trying to keep out of the way of oncoming cars, ignoring the gapes of passersby.—Joan Levine—often used in combinationgape-mouthedHe looked at his men, all of them staring gape-jawed at him …—David Abramssometimes, specifically: yawn entry 2 sense 2 … another hour of pleasure or of penance was to be sat out, another hour of music was to give delight or the gapes [=a fit of yawning] … —Jane Austen
One piranha, she discovered, went from wide-open gape to shut jaws in less than five milliseconds, far faster than the wink of an eye.—Per Ola d'Aulaire and Emily d'Aulaire
the expanse of an open mouth : the opening formed by the open mouth of an animal (such as a bird, fish, or snake)
An eel, like most fishes, amphibians, and reptiles, is gape limited, meaning it can eat only what it can swallow …—Gene S. Helfman
the line along which the mandibles (see mandible sense 1c) of a bird close
something resembling an open mouth (such as an unfilled space or extent)
A hole, in whitewater parlance, is a recirculating maw of foam. … Its gape shows like a frothy smirk or, depending on viewpoint, a frown.—David Quammen
the width of an opening
… gyratory crushers having a gape suitable for the coarsest crushing …—A. M. Gaudin
a disease of birds and especially young birds in which gapeworms invade and irritate the trachea (see trachea sense 1)—often used with the… an outbreak of the gapes, a disease of fowls caused by worms in the windpipe.—John Cheever
a case of gapes
这组词都有“看”的意思,其区别是:
peerv.指眯起眼睛仔细看,尤指看不清楚的情况下;费力地看,凝视。
Being somewhat short-sighted, she has the habit of peering at people.因为有点近视,她有眯着眼睛看人的习惯。
peepv.窥视,偷看。
The mother peeped into the bedroom to see if her child was asleep.母亲偷偷向卧室看了一下,看她的孩子是否睡着了。
gapev. (张着嘴、瞪大眼睛)呆看,强调一种吃惊的状态。
The children gaped at the big elephant in the zoo.在动物园,孩子们张大了嘴巴呆呆地看着大象。
glancev. (粗略地、随便地)一瞥,看一眼。
He glanced over the letter he had just received.他把刚收到的那封信粗略地看了一遍。
starev.凝视,盯着,指由于好奇、惊讶、赞叹等原因而瞪大眼睛长时间地、直接地注视,常常含有粗鲁无礼的意思。
I told my son to stop staring at that fat woman; it wasn't nice.我告诉儿子不要盯着那个胖女人,那样看人不礼貌。
gazev.凝视,注视,指由于好奇、感叹、长时间目不转睛地看。
She gazed at her beautiful new diamond ring.她凝视着自己的这颗美丽崭新的钻戒。
glarev.怒目而视,强调怀有敌意或在气愤的情绪下看;眩目地照射。
The woman glared at the man after he shouted rudely at her.那男人粗暴地冲她大声喊叫,她也怒目而视。
glimpsev.与glance意思相近,短促地看一眼,一瞥。
以上来源于网络
早在13世纪初,源自一种未记录的古英语词汇,或者来自古诺尔斯语 gapa "张开嘴巴,张大嘴巴"(参见 gap(名词))。相关词汇: Gaped; gaping。
与 gape 相关的含义是睁大嘴巴看,因此与乡巴佬的好奇心、懒散或无知的惊讶有关; 一个人可以对某个事物感到惊讶,或者只是四处张望。[世纪词典]
作为名词,指的是"张开嘴巴的行为",始于1530年代。
排矿口
嘴裂
Verb Middle English gapen, borrowed from Old Norse gapa, going back to Germanic *gapōn- (whence Middle Dutch gapen "to gaze stupidly," Middle High German gaffen), perhaps of phonesthemic origin Noun derivative of gape >entry 1
The first known use of gape was in the 13th century
gas1 of 2noun
a fluid (as hydrogen or air) that has no fixed shape and tends to expand without limit
a gas or mixture of gases used as a fuel or as an anesthetic
a gaseous product of digestion
a fluid substance (as tear gas) that can be used to produce a poisonous or suffocating atmosphere
unimportant talk : bombast
gasoline
slang something appealing or enjoyable
the party was a gas
gas2 of 2verb
to supply with gas
gas up the car
to treat with gas
to poison with gas
to talk idly
gas1 of 2noun
a fluid (as hydrogen or air) that has no fixed shape and tends to expand without limit
a gas or mixture of gases used as a fuel or as an anesthetic
a gaseous product of digestion
a fluid substance (as tear gas) that can be used to produce a poisonous or suffocating atmosphere
unimportant talk : bombast
gasoline
slang something appealing or enjoyable
the party was a gas
gas2 of 2verb
to supply with gas
gas up the car
to treat with gas
to poison with gas
to talk idly
garmentnoun
an article of clothing
gape1 of 2verb
to open the mouth wide
to open or part widely
to stare with mouth open in surprise or wonder
yawn entry 1 sense 2
gape2 of 2noun
an act or instance of gaping
an unfilled space
1 As he made friends among people who understood and appreciated what he had endured, he gained confidence and began to try to fill gaping holes in his understanding of his homeland.
2 Before leaving the other day, we pushed the plank against the gaping doorway but didn’t secure it.
3 Ron was so amazed, so impressed, he just sat and gaped at Harry.
4 Later, when the dogs came to, they would lift their heads to the ceiling and gape in a soundless wail.
5 Mrs. Weasley had staunched his bleeding now, and by the lamplight Harry saw a clean, gaping hole where George’s ear had been.
6 The startled hobbits peered out of lamplit doors to gape at it.
7 And stoned backpackers lounge gape-mouthed in cafes, eyes glued to televisions playing looping reruns of "Friends" and "Family Guy."
在咖啡馆里,一个喝得有些晕乎乎的背包客懒洋洋的打着哈欠,迷着眼睛看着电视,电视里不停的循环播放着“朋友”和“居家男人”的肥皂剧。
8 The choir had swiveled around in unison and were gaping openmouthed.
9 Javier asked as Moss gaped at a bowl of grits with envy on his face.
10 I stood there mute, my hat in my hand and my mouth gaping, until her parents, who were well acquainted with such symptoms, came to my rescue.
11 “I don’t see anyone else gaping at her like an idiot!”
12 After the fire trucks had gone, the shell of the Richardson house now gaping and blackened and steaming gently, Mrs. Richardson pulled her bathrobe tightly around herself and took stock.
13 The guards positioned beneath the window didn’t glance upward, and she gaped at the bluish-gray sky, at the clouds slipping on their shoes and shuffling toward the horizon.
14 Sam came to the gaping mouth and peered in.
15 Its ugly mouth gaped wide enough to hold a human body.
16 She would have stood there gaping, but the servant shoved her as he himself bent over.
17 The antelope could not escape the crocodile's gaping jaws.
那只羚羊无法从鳄鱼张开的大口中逃脱.
18 The current eddied around its gaping mouth and the cauldron seemed to be muttering defiance.
19 I hurl myself through a gaping hole punched in the wall of what used to be the central library.
20 The fresh towels ready for spoilage, the wastebaskets gaping their invitations, beckoning in the careless junk.
2 呵欠
3 喙裂
4 嘴裂
6 瞠目结舌
7 裂缝
stenopeic fissured rictal rimal chasmal break hole joint rent tear split gap crack breach RIP separation flaw fracture rift hiatus crevice fissure cleft cranny crevasse Chink rima interstice
8 呆视
10 开裂
11 打哈欠
12 哈欠
14 目瞪口呆
open-mouthed agape stun flabbergast knock sideways stunning drop-dead openmouthed stupefaction aghast bug knock eyes nearly pop out of
15 打呵欠
18 用复数
dingbat work other good thing service part game down school line second list lead hour step store future content art due term oil picture wait dog fund sport supply letter round attention load ball stick bag custom glass lesson quarter god chain wave relation yard manner bowl bone circumstance rain yellow depth tap affair dozen consequence shade shake bean chamber mystery tail suck desert acre nerve sail hop premise horror rope stake gut sweat colour mesh Jack bearing cheer compliment elder scrap stripe vibration acoustic ethnic fry making preliminary marble creep firework honour dart flick swarm goggle cloak sounding domino precinct checker fixing folly thematic shiver Trot meander shudder eyeglass lancer frill draught heuristic skittle gob polemic sullen nicety rounder dungaree histrionic unmentionable macrobiotic weeper hysteric tenpin bedcover unpleasantry furbelow vesper pantaloon megrim fiddlestick ninepin escallop agogic knuckle-bone
19 渴望
passionary keen-set sick keen hungry eager ambitious anxious avid craving greedy itchy thirsty longing wishful wistful covetous solicitous prurient longed-for raring passional sharp-set list anxiety pine rage hunger aspiration itch lust thirst yen itching solicitude prurience Eros appetency desiderium fain athirst die burn pant sigh aspire hone ache starve weary groan yearn languish hanker covet desire ambition crave adore desiderate gape after set heart on gasp for
20 张开
outspread opening open expand yawn unfurl splay open out spread dehisce outflung unfold unclench outstretched flare open up
21 裂开
rifty dissilient open divided cleft chapped fission tear split RIP rift rupture sliver cleave rend fissure dispart start check splinter gaping crack yawn split open forked cloven dehisce spring rive rip open up break off come apart parting scission seam screed spall unhinge unseam schizo- riven fissi- cleavage divulsion gap burst