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gapes

/geyps, gaps/US // geɪps, gæps //UK // (ɡeɪps) //

胶带,胶圈,沟壑,沟壑纵横

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Veterinary Pathology. a parasitic disease of poultry and other birds, characterized by frequent gaping due to infestation of the trachea and bronchi with gapeworms.
    • : a fit of yawning.

Examples

  • Stitches are only required when the wound gapes to a considerable extent, as it will always do when running across a muscle.

  • He speaks yawing like a jackdaw that gapes to be fed with cheese-curds.

  • In these, too, the ligament is very prominent, and the shell gapes slightly at both ends.

  • He must not look at his wife when she sneezes or gapes or eats.

  • White terriers suffer most from distemper; white chickens from the gapes.