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单词

yawn

读音
jɔːn
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"Yawn" 来自于古英语的 "ginian" 或 "gionian",都具有张口的含义。

释义

v. 打哈欠;张得很开;(令人恐惧地)豁开 n. 打哈欠;乏味的人(事物) [ 复数 yawns 第三人称单数 yawns 现在分词 yawning 过去式 yawned 过去分词 yawned ]

例句

He gave an ostentatious yawn.
他张扬地打了个哈欠。
She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.
她并未试图忍住一个哈欠。
He faked a yawn.
他装着打了一个呵欠。

强化记忆

你可以想象自己无聊到打哈欠的情景来记住这个词义。"Yawn" 这个词在很多文化中都被看做是疲劳或无聊的标志。在社交场合,打哈欠可能被看作是缺乏兴趣或粗鲁的表现。

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at a deeper level.(Yawn)Scientists discovered this empathetic response to yawning
And are you yawning right now?(Yawn)(Lip smacking)
In humans, of course, we can study that with yawn contagion.Humans yawn when others yawn.And it's related to empathy.
Think of fixed action pattern like a reflex.Your yawn makes me yawn.Similar to a domino effect, one person's yawn triggers a yawn
which, in turn, causes us to respond with the same action:a yawn!Our psychological hypothesis also involves the work of these mirror neurons.
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