Gaping means opened very wide — so wide it looks as if it could swallow something. A gaping hole in the road is a big, open break; a gaping wound is a cut whose edges stand far apart; a gaping mouth is opened in shock, hunger, or a yawn. It often feels 'too open' or 'worryingly open', not a neat little slit.

Gaping裂得很開 means opened very wide意思是張得非常開 — so wide it looks as if it could swallow something開到看起來好像可以把什麼東西吞下去。A gaping hole in the road馬路上的gaping hole is a big, open break是一個很大的破洞; a gaping woundgaping wound is a cut whose edges stand far apart是一個傷口邊緣裂得很開的傷; a gaping mouthgaping mouth is opened in shock, hunger, or a yawn是因為驚訝、飢餓，或打哈欠而張得大大的嘴。It它 often feels 'too open' or 'worryingly open'常給人「開得太過頭」或「令人擔心地開著」的感覺, not不是 a neat little slit一條整齊的小縫。

Though actually, this is only gape (to open wide, especially the mouth) with -ing, used like an adjective. People also gape at a celebrity, meaning they stare with their mouth open; but a gaping hole is not staring — the hole itself is what is wide.

Though actually不過其實 this is only gape這個字只是gape (to open wide, especially the mouth)（張得很開，尤其是指嘴巴） with -ing加上-ing, used like an adjective當形容詞用而已。People大家 also gape at a celebrity也會說gape at a celebrity, meaning they stare with their mouth open意思是張著嘴盯著名人看; but但 a gaping hole is not staringgaping hole不是在盯著看 — the hole itself is what is wide是那個洞本身很寬。

A gap is just a space; a gaping hole is that space opened hugely, as if it were yawning.

A gapgap is just a space只是一個空隙; a gaping hole而gaping hole is that space opened hugely是那個空隙被開得非常大, as if好像 it were yawning在打哈欠一樣。