[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
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
Middle English: from Old Norse gapa; related to gap