gaping
/ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/ adjectif C1En français : béant
- Wide open. · There’s a gaping hole in the fence.
- Having the jaw wide open, as in astonishment or stupefaction.
Dans la bibliothèque
He asked him sharply: “Why do you stand there gaping?
With a rending, tearing sound, one of the broad, white stones turned over upon its side and left a square, gaping hole, through which streamed the light of a lantern.
It was a homely little room, with a low ceiling and a gaping fireplace, after the fashion of old country-houses.
When I thought of the heavy rains and looked at the gaping roof I understood how strong and immutable must be the purpose which had kept him in that inhospitable abode.
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