| 单词 | to gape at |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto gape at a. to gape on or upon, now more commonly to gape at: to stare at with open mouth, to gaze upon in curiosity or wonder. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > stare or gaze at bestarec1220 bigapea1250 to gape atc1290 fix14.. to stick one's eyes in (also into)c1485 attacha1500 porec1500 to take feeding (of)c1500 stare1510 (to have) in gaze1577 gaze1591 outstare1596 over-stare1600 devour1628 trysta1694 ogle1795 begaze1802 toise1888 fixate1889 rubberneck1897 eyeball1901 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > feel wonder or astonishment at [verb (transitive)] > gaze in wonder at to gape on or uponc1290 to gape ata1586 the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (transitive)] to gape uponc1340 galp1546 gape1552 to gape ata1586 to die for1591 ambition1601 raven1607 ambigate1633 ambitionate?c1642 ambiate1659 sparkle1665 to be for1673 efflagitate1676 greed1848 to be spoiling for1865 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 108/66 On hire gapede alday swyþe muche folc þere..for hire continaunce was wonderful. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges ii. sig. Kiij v Upon the sewer, well mayst thou gase & gape. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. K3 What is it to make folkes gape at a wretched Begger, or a beggerly Clowne? 1632 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy (ed. 4) ii. ii. vi. iii. 295 The dog and hare, wolfe and lambe..stood all gaping vp on Orpheus. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. i. 197 Like a country villager gaping at rarities which he had never seen before. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Elaine in Idylls of King 170 Levaine gaped upon him As on a thing miraculous. 1885 Manch. Examiner 12 May 5/3 The larger the town the more ready are people to gape at new sights. to gape at a. to gape after or for (also †to gape at, †to gape upon): to be eager to obtain, to have a longing for (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > strong or eager desire > desire strongly or eagerly [verb (transitive)] to gape uponc1340 galp1546 gape1552 to gape ata1586 to die for1591 ambition1601 raven1607 ambigate1633 ambitionate?c1642 ambiate1659 sparkle1665 to be for1673 efflagitate1676 greed1848 to be spoiling for1865 c1340 R. Rolle Prose Treat. (1866) 41 As if þou ware abydande or gapand after sum qwent stirringe. a1420 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 1408 Fulle many men knowe I that yane and gape After some fatte and riche benefice. c1460 J. Fortescue Governance of Eng. (1885) xx. 156 Importune suters wil gape vpon suche reuersiouns. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1546) sig. C.ijv It is no newe thyng that men gape for hygh and frayle thynges. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. (1609) xxx. xl. 768 He gaped at [L. petens] the honour of finishing the same [war]. 1638 F. Junius Painting of Ancients 190 The basenesse of a minde that gapeth for nothing but money. 1672 A. Marvell Let. 18 Apr. in Poems & Lett. (1971) II. 270 The greedy appetites of those who haue been so many years gaping after this profit. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 29 Apr. 25 Multitudes..who awake in the morning, vacant of thought, with minds gaping for the intellectual food, which some kind Essayist has been accustomed to supply. 1827–48 J. C. Hare & A. W. Hare Guesses at Truth (1873) 2nd Ser. 540 It is not solely in the Gospel that people go out into the desert to gape after new spiritual incarnations. < as lemmas |
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