单词 | stare |
释义 | stare (once / 81 pages) vn To stare is to fix your eyes on a subject. As hard as it might be to resist looking at them for long periods of time, it's not polite to stare at celebrities. The noun stare is a certain kind of gaze — a long, intense one. The verb to stare is the act of staring, of locking one's eyes somewhere. When one stares at something, one looks at it for a long period of time, often with great intensity and without blinking. That's why one loses a staring contest when one blinks. Try not to stare at people when they're eating. It's rude! A stare is usually more intense and creepier than a gaze. WORD FAMILYstare: stared, starer, stares, staring+/starer: starers/staring: staringer USAGE EXAMPLESThere were kids in soccer gear and a woman in a sari staring at her cellphone. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) The staring, the double looks, the raised eyebrows. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) The men stared at the crowd, then back at me with wild eyes. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1v look at with fixed eyes The students stared at the teacher with amazement Syn|Hypo|Hyper gaze outface, outstare, stare down overcome or cause to waver or submit by (or as if by) staring stargazeobserve the stars look perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards 2v fixate one's eyes The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly Hypo|Hyper glare, glower look at with a fixed gaze look perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards 3n a fixed look with eyes open wide Hypo|Hyper gaze, regard a long fixed look glare, gloweran angry stare contemplationa long and thoughtful observation gapea stare of amazement (usually with the mouth open) look, looking, looking at the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually |
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