yawn
gb/jˈɔn/ us/jˈɔn/
A2
Inglês
~ 1500
ásít, ásítás, dögunalmas, halálosan unalmas
VERBO
A2
1
ásít
A2
Padrão de uso:
to yawn [when/while] [doing something]
She couldn't stop yawning during the long meeting.
Nem tudta abbahagyni az ásítozást a hosszú megbeszélés alatt.
He yawned and stretched before getting out of bed.
Ásított és nyújtózkodott, mielőtt felkelt az ágyból.
The baby yawned and rubbed his eyes.
I tried to hide my yawn during the lecture.
Exemplos para estudantes
I yawn when I am tired.
Ha fáradt vagyok, ásítok.
The man yawns in the morning.
A férfi reggel ásít.
She yawns during the class.
We all yawn when we feel sleepy.
Erro comum:
Learners sometimes confuse 'yawn' with 'sigh', but a sigh is breathing out heavily, not opening the mouth wide from tiredness.
Significado
Open mouth when tired or bored
Colocações
yawn loudly
|yawn repeatedly
|try not to yawn
|cover a yawn
Sinônimos
gape (Can also mean to stare with an open mouth, not only from tiredness.)
Antônimos
smile (While not a direct physical opposite, a smile is a deliberate facial expression rather than an involuntary opening of the mouth from fatigue or boredom.)
Temas
daily life
|emotions
|body
|health
|core_vocabulary
Definição
To open your mouth wide and breathe in because you are tired or bored.
To open the mouth wide and take a deep breath, often unintentionally, because of tiredness, boredom, or drowsiness.
SUBSTANTIVO
A2
2
ásítás
A2
He let out a huge yawn and went to bed.
Hatalmasat ásított, aztán lefeküdt.
A loud yawn came from the back of the room.
Hangos ásítás hallatszott a terem hátsó részéből.
She covered her mouth to hide her yawn.
Exemplos para estudantes
He gives a big yawn.
Nagyot ásít.
I see her yawn in the morning.
Látom, ahogy reggel ásít.
The boy makes a loud yawn.
Significado
An act of yawning
Colocações
a big yawn
|stifle a yawn
|give a yawn
Sinônimos
gape (As a noun, rarely used for this meaning; more common for staring.)
Temas
daily life
|emotions
|body
|health
|core_vocabulary
Definição
The act of opening your mouth wide and breathing in because you are tired or bored.
An instance of opening the mouth wide and breathing in deeply, usually because of tiredness or boredom.
VERBO
B2
3
dögunalmas
B2
Padrão de uso:
[something] yawns with [description]
The lecture yawned on for hours without any excitement.
Az előadás órákon át dögunalmasan folyt, minden izgalom nélkül.
The movie yawns with predictable plot lines.
A film a kiszámítható cselekmény miatt dögunalmas.
His speech yawned along with no energy.
Exemplos para estudantes
The class yawns with no fun.
Az óra dögunalmas, egyáltalán nem szórakoztató.
This book yawns from start to end.
Ez a könyv az elejétől a végéig dögunalmas.
The meeting yawns with no new ideas.
Erro comum:
Learners may overuse this figurative sense; it is less common than the physical action meaning and often sounds literary or humorous.
Significado
Be very boring or dull
Colocações
yawns with boredom
Sinônimos
bore (More general; can be used for people or things causing boredom.)
Antônimos
intrigue (To strongly interest or fascinate, opposite of causing boredom.)
Temas
emotions
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Definição
To be very boring and not interesting at all.
(Informal) To be extremely boring, dull, or uninteresting.
Gramática
Forma no dicionário
yawn
AFI
GB/jˈɔn/
US/jˈɔn/
Sílabas e tonicidade
yawn (1 sílaba)
Stress on 1st syllable (yawn)
Formas da palavra
Noun
- Base: yawn
- Plural: yawns
Verb
- Base: yawn
- 3rd Person Singular: yawns
- Present Participle: yawning
- Past: yawned
Família de palavras
Forms
yawns
noun
yawning
verb
yawned
verb
Expressões
yawn with boredom
1/jˈɔn wˈɪθ bˈɔɹdəm/
fixed phrase
Yawn because of boredom
To open your mouth wide and breathe in because you feel bored.
Exemplos
- The students yawned with boredom during the long speech.
- She was yawning with boredom halfway through the movie.
stifle a yawn
1/stˈaɪfəl ə jˈɔn/
fixed phrase
hold back a yawn
To try not to open your mouth and show that you are tired or bored.
Exemplos
- She tried to stifle a yawn during the performance.
- She tried to stifle a yawn during the long meeting.
- He stifled a yawn so as not to offend his host.
- He stifled a yawn so his boss wouldn’t think he was bored.
- I stifled a yawn and focused on the presentation.