gape-mouthed
形容词 adj.
副词 adv.
英文释义
形容词 adj.
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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.”
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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.
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Having a wide opening.
— A gape-mouthed wicker trunk served as a hive.
副词 adv.
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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.
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词源
词源 1
From gape + mouthed.
词源 2
From gape + mouthed.
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