Yawns, to me, are objects of curiosity.

对我来说，打哈欠倒是新奇的事。

The rat yawned. He straightened his whiskers.

老鼠打哈欠。胡子。

But before long he awoke, sat up, and yawned.

但是，不久他就醒了，坐起来打了一个呵欠。

" I'm sure you'll dazzle us all with hitherto unsuspected magical skills, " yawned Fred.

“我确定你会令我们仰慕你的，用你那目前为止还不知道是什么的魔法把戏，”弗雷德打着哈欠说。

It is years since I have seen anyone yawning.

好些年来我没有看见过任何人打哈欠。

Soon he was able to scratch and yawn simultaneously.

很快，就能一边抓挠一边打哈欠了。

Harry stifled a yawn behind his hand.

哈利用手捂住了一个哈欠。

Yawning and grumbling, the Weasleys slouched outside with Harry behind them.

韦斯莱兄弟打着哈欠，发着牢骚，无精打采地了出去，哈利跟在后面。

George yawned widely and looked out disconsolately at the cloudy night sky.

乔治打了个大哈欠，郁闷地看着云的夜空。

They climbed more staircases, yawning and dragging their feet, and Harry was just wondering how much farther they had to go when they came to a sudden halt.

他们哈欠连天，拖着沉重的脚步又爬了许楼梯。啥利正在纳闷，不知他们还久，这时，前边的人突然停了下来。

" Not for long, " said Harry, yawning.

“一会就好了，”哈利打着哈欠说。

While yawning is contagious, not everyone catches a yawn.

虽然打哈欠会传染，但不是每个人都会打哈欠。

They stretched and yawned beside the open window, through which warm summer air was wafting as they played wizard chess.

他们在敞开的窗户前伸着懒腰打着哈欠，当他们玩巫师棋的时候，夏日和煦的微风从窗口吹了进来。

Ananyo Bhattacharya, a science journalist formerly at The Economist, sets out to correct that injustice, and so fill a yawning gap in the history of science.

《经济学人》的一名前科学记者阿南约·巴塔查里亚打算纠正这种不公正，以此填补科学史上的一个巨大空白。

What if I go over there, yawn, and comment on the lateness of the hour?

如果我到他们那边去打着哈欠抱怨时候不早如何?

It turns out that the infectious nature of yawns is a sign of empathy.

哈欠的传染本质上是一种共情的表现。

He yawned several times during the lecture, he was not interested in it.

这堂课上他打了好几次呵欠，他对这课不感兴趣。

Which means they are looking at the mental process – what is happening in the mind to make us yawn, particularly when someone else yawns.

这意味着他们会观察心理过程——大脑中发生了什么让我们打哈欠，特别是当别人打哈欠时。

" Who are you? " asked the Scarecrow when he had stretched himself and yawned.

当稻草人伸展了他的全身，并且打了几个呵欠以后，他问：" 你是谁？

But for now (yawn) can I crash on your couch. I'm beat!

但现在（打哈欠）我能在你的沙发上休息一下吗？我累坏了！