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单词 rubber-necked
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rubber-neckedadj.

Brit. /ˈrʌbənɛkt/, U.S. /ˈrəbərˌnɛkt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: rubber n.1, necked adj.
Etymology: < rubber n.1 + necked adj. Compare rubberneck n., rubberneck v.
Originally U.S.
Having a flexible or resilient neck; (also) having a tendency to stare or gawp (cf. rubberneck n.).
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1891 Taranaki Herald (New Plymouth, N.Z.) 12 June 4/2 He [sc. an American prize-fighter] is a freak, like the slab-sided, rubber-necked nag that can trot like old Harry occasionally.
1897 L.A.W. Bull. 24 Sept. 402/1 Horse jockeys, living skeletons, fat women, snake charmers, rubber-necked men and Circassian girls are all right.
1928 D. H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover x. 168 There was a toughness, a curious rubber-necked toughness and unlivingness about the middle and upper classes.
1932 E. Blunden Face of Eng. 114 I came to an old tree over the stream, and crossing with some disadvantage to its rubber-necked lichens, I was in an open meadow.
1957 R. Campbell Coll. Poems II. 126 The rubbernecked, Hell-touring Thracian.
2000 Kenyon Rev. Summer–Fall 174 Morosely curious as any rubbernecked accident gawker slowing traffic in quest of mournful cry, blood-spangled forehead.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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