gape

gape
verb
  1. [no obj.]stare with one's mouth open wide, typically in amazement or wonder
    目瞪口呆地凝视
    they gaped at her as if she was an alien.
    他们目瞪口呆地看着她，好像她是个外星人。
    ■be or become wide open
    打开，张开
    [with complement]a large carpet bag gaped open by her feet.
    在她脚下有一只打开的毛毡手提包。
    [as adj. gaping]there was a gaping hole in the wall.
    墙上裂着大口。
noun
  1. a wide opening or rent
    大的裂口（或开口）
    a wide gape of the jaws.
    嘴上裂了一个大口子。
    ■an open-mouthed stare
    目瞪口呆
    she climbed into her sports car to the gapes of passers-by.
    行人目瞪口呆地看着她爬进她的跑车里。
    ■a widely open mouth or beak
    大张着的嘴（或喙）
    juvenile birds with yellow gapes.
    黄喙雏鸟。
    ■(the gapes)a disease of birds with gaping of the mouth as a symptom, caused by infestation with gapeworm
    张口病
派生
gapingly
adverb
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old Norse gapa; related to gap
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