stare

stare
verb
  1. [no obj.]look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open
    凝视,注视,目不转睛地看
    he stared at her in amazement.
    他惊讶得目不转睛地看着她。
    Robyn sat staring into space, her mind numb.
    罗宾坐在那儿呆呆地注视着天空,她的头脑中一片空白。
    ■(of a person's eyes) be wide open, with a fixed or vacant expression
    瞪眼看,茫然地看
    her grey eyes stared back at him.
    她回过身来用灰色的眼睛瞪着他。
    ■[no obj., with adverbial of direction](of a thing) be unpleasantly prominent or striking
    (事物)惹眼,显眼
    the obituaries stared out at us.
    那个讣告在我们看来很惹眼。
    ■[with obj.](stare someone into)reduce someone to (a specified condition) by looking fixedly at them
    把…注视得,目不转睛把…看得
    Sandra stared him into silence.
    桑德拉把他盯得不敢吭声。
noun
  1. a long fixed or vacant look
    盯,凝视
    she gave him a cold stare.
    她冷冷地盯了他一眼。
常用词组
be staring something in the face
  1. be on the verge of defeat, death, or another unpleasant fate
    处于失败(或死亡等坏运气的)边缘
    Everton were staring defeat in the face.
    埃弗顿正处于失败的边缘。
stare someone in the eye (或 face)
  1. look fixedly or boldly at someone
    盯着看,瞪眼看
stare someone in the face
  1. be glaringly apparent or obvious
    很明显,显而易见
    the answer had been staring him in the face.
    那答案就曾一直在他的面前。
派生
starer
noun
语源
  1. Old English starian, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning 'be rigid'
继承用法
stare someone out (或 down)
  1. look fixedly at someone until they feel forced to lower their eyes or turn away
    瞪眼 把…看得不敢对视;瞪眼把…看得转过脸去
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