英语高级词汇：gape

词义

读音：gape /geɪp/

词义：张开，裂开

词性：动词，名词

级别：GRE

出处：出自古英语 geap (张嘴)，指因困倦，无聊，惊讶，好奇等张嘴。

用法

Gape 原义为"张开，裂开"，与介词 at 搭配时，也可引申为"目瞪口呆"。

(v.) A large carpet bag gaped open by her feet 在她脚下有一只打开的毛毡手提包。 There was a gaping hole in the wall. 墙上裂着个大口。 Peter's jacket gaped at the seams. 彼得的夹克衫开了线，裂了一个口子。 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。 The child gaped in awe at the giant dinosaur skeleton. 孩子敬畏地张大了嘴，看着巨大的恐龙骨架。 Don't just stand there gaping; help me lift this box! 别光站在那儿傻看着，帮我抬一下这个箱子！ The students gaped as the magician pulled a rabbit out of his hat. 当魔术师从帽子里变出一只兔子时，学生们都惊讶得张大了嘴。 (n.) A deep gape in the earth appeared after the earthquake. 地震后，地面上出现了一道深深的裂口。 The gape between the rich and the poor is widening. 贫富之间的鸿沟正在扩大。 He stood there with a gape of astonishment on his face. 他站在那里，脸上带着惊愕的表情。

近义

动词 gape 近义词按难度级别由低到高：

中学 split /splɪt/：分开 crack /kræk/：裂开 四六级 snap /snæp/：断裂 fracture /'fræktʃər/：断裂 出国 cleave /kli:v/：裂开 rupture /'rʌptʃər/：破裂 fissure /'fɪʃər/：使裂开 splinter /'splɪntər/：(使)裂成碎片

区别

中学词汇 gaze 与 gape 不同源，但在词义方面有相似之处，两个单词都与"看"有关，但与表情夸张的 gape 不同，gaze 强调因为喜欢，欣赏或思考而注视，凝视。

Sitting in his wicker chair, he gazed reflectively at the fire. 坐在他的柳条椅中，他若有所思地凝视着火焰。(v.) She felt increasingly uncomfortable under the woman's steady gaze. 她在那女人目不转睛的凝视下感到愈发不舒服。(n.)

影视

△Once Upon a Time (《童话镇》第二季)

小说

以下文字摘自《哈利·波特与混血王子》第3章《要与不要》(Will And Won't)。

Dudley had that moment peered round the living room door, his large, blond head rising out of the stripy collar of his pajamas looked oddly disembodied, his mouth gaping in astonishment and fear. Dumbledore waited a moment or two, apparently to see whether any of the Dursleys were going to say anything, but as the silence stretched on he smiled. 达力这时候从客厅门口探出头，他那个一头黄发 的大脑袋戳在条纹睡衣的领口外，看上去好像不是长在他身体上似的。因为吃惊和害怕，他的嘴巴张得大大的。邓布利多等了片刻，似乎想听听德思礼一家有什么话要说，看到他们继续沉默着，他便笑了。