gaping

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of one who gapes.
    — M. Le Gallois considers these gapings, which continue for some time after decapitation, as the vain efforts of the head for respiration.
  2. Something gaping; something agape.
  3. A threat or courtship behavior in animals involving holding the mouth open and displaying the teeth or other interior features.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of gape form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Wide open.
    — There’s a gaping hole in the fence.
  2. Having the jaw wide open, as in astonishment or stupefaction.
    — The men who stood behind the scenes and worked the religious puppet-show by hidden wires to the awe and astonishment of the gaping vulgar.

词形变化

more gaping comparative most gaping superlative gapings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
gapingly

词源

词源 1
From Middle English gaping, gapynge, variants of Middle English gapand, gapande, equivalent to gape + -ing.
词源 2
From Middle English gapynge, equivalent to gape + -ing.
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