gape
/ɡeɪp/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡeɪp/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈgāp sometimes ˈgap/ (ame, mw)
gape — 動詞
- gapepresent simple I / you / we / they
- gapes3rd person singular
- gaping-ing form
- gapedpast simple
1. to keep staring at a person or thing with your jaw hanging down, because you are
目瞪口呆
張著嘴驚訝地盯著看
to keep staring at a person or thing with your jaw hanging down, because you are shocked, confused, or amazed by what you see.
Sumin stood frozen on the platform, gaping at the burning train.
Sumin 僵在月台上，目瞪口呆地望著燃燒中的火車。
intransitive: gape at + noun (object of shock)
Tourists gaped at the giant whale skeleton hanging from the museum ceiling.
遊客們目瞪口呆地看著博物館天花板上懸掛的巨大鯨魚骨骸。
Don't just stand there gaping — give me a hand with these bags!
別只是站在那裡發呆地張著嘴看，過來幫我提這些袋子！
The whole class gaped when Caleb walked in wearing a chicken costume.
當 Caleb 穿著一身雞裝走進來時，全班同學都看傻了眼。
Élise gaped in disbelief as her brother proposed to his girlfriend at dinner.
晚餐時哥哥向女友求婚，Élise 不敢置信地張大了嘴。
文法句型
gape at + noun
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person reacting to something startling. Often followed by 'at' + the thing causing the reaction, or by a prepositional phrase like 'in disbelief / in shock / in horror'.
常見錯誤
2. of an opening such as a hole, wound, mouth, or doorway: to be stretched out far
大張；裂開
（開口）寬寬地敞開
of an opening such as a hole, wound, mouth, or doorway: to be stretched out far apart, leaving a noticeable empty space in the middle.
A deep cut gaped on Dewi's knee after she fell off her bicycle.
Dewi 從腳踏車上摔下來後，膝蓋上一道深長的傷口裂得很開。
subject is a wound: gape = 'be wide open'
The front door gaped open, and a cold wind blew through the kitchen.
前門大張著，一陣冷風吹進了廚房。
collocation: gape open (often emphatic)
After the earthquake, huge cracks gaped in the road outside the bakery.
地震過後，麵包店外的馬路上裂開了好幾道大縫。
Lakshmi yawned widely, her mouth gaping for several seconds.
Lakshmi 大聲打了個哈欠，嘴巴張了好幾秒鐘。
Ife's old leather jacket had begun to gape at the seams along both pockets.
Ife 那件舊皮夾克兩邊口袋的縫線都開始裂開了。
文法句型
[hole/wound/door] + gape
用法筆記
Subject is an opening or something that can split open (wound, hole, mouth, door, seam). Distinguish from sense 1: here no person is doing the staring — the thing itself is wide open.
常見錯誤
gape — 名詞
1. a long surprised look that a person gives, with their jaw hanging down, after se
驚訝張嘴
驚訝時張著嘴的表情
a long surprised look that a person gives, with their jaw hanging down, after seeing or hearing something shocking.
Rania let out a small gape when she saw the singer step off the bus.
看到那位歌手下車時，Rania 忍不住輕輕地張大了嘴。
A gape of pure astonishment spread across Ilan's face at the magic trick.
看到那個魔術時，Ilan 臉上浮現出一個純然驚訝的張嘴表情。
collocation: a gape of + emotion noun
Mizuki stared at the bill with an open gape, unable to believe the total.
Mizuki 張大嘴盯著那張帳單，不敢相信總金額。
The children watched the parade in a slack-jawed gape from start to finish.
孩子們從頭到尾都張著嘴看著遊行隊伍。
- stare
neutral; doesn't suggest an open mouth
- look of astonishment
a fuller phrase that conveys the same meaning more clearly
文法句型
a gape of + noun
用法筆記
Rare as a noun — the verb form is far more common. Usually appears with 'of' + an emotion (astonishment, surprise, wonder), or after a descriptive adjective like 'slack-jawed' or 'open'.
2. the wide opening of an animal's mouth or a bird's beak when it is held fully apa
大張的口
動物張大的嘴或鳥喙
the wide opening of an animal's mouth or a bird's beak when it is held fully apart, for example to feed, breathe, or threaten.
Femi photographed the bright orange gape of a baby robin in the nest.
Femi 拍下了知更鳥幼鳥在鳥巢裡那張亮橘色的大張嘴。
collocation: the [colour] gape of + bird
The python's gape was wide enough to swallow a small rabbit whole.
那條蟒蛇張開的嘴大到足以整隻吞下一隻小兔子。
Elena measured the gape of the shark's jaws using a long wooden ruler.
Elena 用一支長長的木尺測量鯊魚張大嘴巴的寬度。
Inside the hippo's pink gape, the zookeeper saw two rows of huge teeth.
在河馬粉紅色的大張嘴裡，飼育員看見了兩排巨大的牙齒。
文法句型
the gape of + animal
用法筆記
Specialised: refers to the mouth or beak opening of an animal, often in nature, zoology, or birdwatching writing. Not used of human mouths in this sense — for human mouths use sense 1 (the stare) instead.