gape

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of gaping; a yawn. countable,uncommon,uncountable
    — Now a gen'ral gape goes round, And vapours cloud each sleepy head.
  2. A large opening. countable,uncountable
  3. A disease in poultry caused by gapeworm in the windpipe, a symptom of which is frequent gaping. uncountable
  4. The width of an opening. countable,uncountable
  5. The maximum opening of the mouth (of a bird, fish, etc.) when it is open. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To open the mouth wide, especially involuntarily, as in a yawn, anger, or surprise. intransitive
    — 1723, Jonathan Swift, The Journal of a Modern Lady, 1810, Samuel Johnson, The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 11, page 467, She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes, / And asks if it be time to rise;
  2. To stare in wonder. intransitive
    — Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […]
  3. To open wide; to display a gap. intransitive
    — The wound was gaping open and losing too much blood.
  4. To open the passage to the vomeronasal organ, analogous to the flehming in other animals. intransitive
  5. To depict a dilated anal or vaginal cavity upon penetrative sexual activity.

词形变化

gapes present,singular,third-person gaping participle,present gaped participle,past gaped past gapes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
agape gape for gapeline gape-mouthed gape seed gapy

词源

词源 1
From Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”) (compare Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną (descendants Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰеh₂b-. Cognates include Russian зяпа (zjapa). Doublet of gap.
词源 2
From Middle English gapen, from Old Norse gapa (“to gape”) (compare Swedish gapa, Danish gabe), from Proto-Germanic *gapōną (descendants Middle English geapen, Dutch gapen, German gaffen), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰеh₂b-. Cognates include Russian зяпа (zjapa). Doublet of gap.
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