| 单词 | gaze |
| 释义 | gaze I. intransitive verb < gazed delighted at the scurrying throng > < gazing after the slowly vanishing boat > transitive verb archaic Synonyms: < gaze absently into the distance > < could only sigh, and gaze at her wonderingly — George Meredith > < she gazed into his faded blue eyes as if yearning to be understood — Joseph Conrad > gape usually implies an open-mouthed, often stupid, wonder < gape at an apparition in astonishment > < sit gaping at the spring sunshine > stare implies a fixed and direct, unwavering gaze < stare at a stranger impolitely > < stare at a TV screen > glare adds to stare the idea of intenseness, usually of fierceness or anger < he stared at her from doorways, and glared at her from passages as she went about with her partners; and the more he stared, the more taken was he — Rudyard Kipling > < glare at a disobedient child > < he put his paw on the prize, and glared across the water with a defiant growl — C.G.D.Roberts > peer suggests a looking closely or curiously, especially with partly closed eyes or from behind something < the haggard face … that peered at him out of the angle of the wall — Liam O'Flaherty > < we peered at the muddy waters through an intricate pattern of bridgework — David Fairchild > < she had peered at it keenly through her spectacles — Agnes S. Turnbull > gloat implies prolonged or frequent gazing upon something, usually with profound, often unholy satisfaction < there were residents of Boston who couldn't take their eyes from the passing carts, but stood and gloated — Kenneth Roberts > < as a boy he used to gloat in the Museum of Düsseldorf over the wood-carvings — G.G.Coulton > < spent hours gloating over his money > II. 1. archaic 2. a. < made a long slow gaze the length of the ridge > b. < his gaze was steady, his mien reproachful > • - at gaze |
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