• vi. 裂開，張開；打呵欠
• n. 裂口，張嘴；呵欠

來自PIE*ghai, 打呵欠，張口，詞源同yawn. 引申義吃驚。

gape

gape: [13] Gape and the related gap [14] are of Scandinavian origin. English borrowed the verb from Old Norse gapa ‘open the mouth’, which survives in modern Scandinavian languages as Swedish gapa and Danish gabe. Old Norse gap ‘chasm’ (source of Swedish gap ‘mouth’ and Danish gab ‘opening, open mouth’) was originally taken over by English in the specific sense ‘hole in a wall or hedge’; the broader modern range of meanings began to emerge in the 16th century.
=> gap, yawn

gape (v.)

early 13c., from an unrecorded Old English word or else from Old Norse gapa "to open the mouth wide, gape" (see gap (n.)). Related: Gaped; gaping. As a noun, "act of opening the mouth," from 1530s.

1. His secretary stopped taking notes to gape at me.

他的秘書停止了記錄，目瞪口呆地望著我。

來自辭典例句

2. He looks down at the gape void at his feet.

他看著腳下張開的裂縫.

來自辭典例句

3. He must be a very strange - looking camel driver for people to gape like that.

他必定是個很奇怪的拉駱駝的,他想;要不然,大家為什么這樣呆呆的看著他呢?

來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子

4. Dont gape: its rude!

別張著嘴傻瞪著,太不禮貌了!

來自互聯網

5. Don't gape it's rude!

別張著嘴傻瞪著,太不禮貌了!

來自互聯網