gape-mouthed

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Overwhelmed with awe or astonishment.
    — "You may be wise in your study in the morning,” (says brow-beating Johnson, to his gape-mouthed admirer Boswell,) “ and gay in company at a tavern in the evening.”
  2. Having a wide-open mouth.
    — So in the spring my room and that portion of the veranda set aside for the purpose always had at least half a dozen cages and boxes containing gape-mouthed baby birds or birds that I had managed to rescue from the sportsmen and which were recuperating with makeshift splints on wings or legs.
  3. Having a wide opening.
    — A gape-mouthed wicker trunk served as a hive.
副词 adv.
  1. In a state of awe or astonishment.
    — As much as we check in, we are checking out of our own lives and becoming voyeuristic, peering gape-mouthed into the sordid details of other people's lives in order to feel connected or entertained.

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
From gape + mouthed.
词源 2
From gape + mouthed.
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