gape

1. V-I If you gape, you look at someone or something in surprise, usually with an open mouth. 目瞪口呆地看

His secretary stopped taking notes to gape at me. 他的秘書停止了做記錄，目瞪口呆地看著我。

He was not the type to wander around gaping at everything like a tourist. 他不是那種像個游客似的四處閑逛、驚奇地看著一切的人。

2. V-I If you say that something such as a hole or a wound gapes, you are emphasizing that it is big or wide. 裂開[強調(diào)]

The front door was missing. A hole gaped in the roof. 前門沒有了，屋頂裂開一個洞。

3. gapingADJ 裂開的

The aircraft took off with a gaping hole in its fuselage. 那飛機起飛了，機身上有一個裂開的洞。