English Dictionary

gape-mouthed

形容詞

Overwhelmed with awe or astonishment. / Having a wide-open mouth. / Having a wide opening.

日本語の意味

驚嘆や畏敬の念で口をあんぐりと開ける様子 / 口が大きく開かれた状態 / 広く開いた状態、または幅広い開口部を持つさま

The audience sat gape-mouthed as the magician revealed the final impossible trick.

マジシャンが最後の不可能なトリックを明かすと、観客は口をぽかんと開けたまま座っていた。

意味（1）

Overwhelmed with awe or astonishment.

"You may be wise in your study in the morning,” (says brow-beating Johnson, to his gape-mouthed admirer Boswell,) “ and gay in company at a tavern in the evening.”

意味（2）

Having a wide-open mouth.

So in the spring my room and that portion of the veranda set aside for the purpose always had at least half a dozen cages and boxes containing gape-mouthed baby birds or birds that I had managed to rescue from the sportsmen and which were recuperating with makeshift splints on wings or legs.

意味（3）

Having a wide opening.

A gape-mouthed wicker trunk served as a hive.

more gape-mouthed （ comparative ）

most gape-mouthed （ superlative ）