gaze
Word family adjectivegazefulgazynoungazementgazerverbgaze
gaze1 /ɡeɪz/ ●●○ verb [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] LOOK ATto look at someone or something for a long time, giving it all your attention, often without realizing you are doing so 〔常指无意识地〕凝视,盯着看 SYN staregaze into/at etc Nell was still gazing out of the window. 内尔依旧凝视着窗外。
Patrick sat gazing into space (=looking straight in front, not at any particular person or thing). 帕特里克坐着,茫然地看着前方。
► see thesaurus at look gaze• Edward was enthralled; he leaned his head on his hands and gazed.• Surely he deserves better of me than to gaze at him with my policeman's eyes.• But before I duck in, I pause a moment to gaze at the rapidly changing color of the sky.• I lay back on the sand and gazed at the stars above.• He gazes at us full on with a half-smile and wide-open eyes.• She gazed dispiritedly at her own reflection in the mirror, seeing the dark shadows beneath her eyes.• Ruth gazed down at the sleeping child.• Antony rose to his feet and stood gazing intensely at her.• He was just gazing into space.• He stopped talking suddenly and gazed into the distance.• She sat gazing out the windows at the people walking by. gaze2 ●○○ noun [singular] LOOK ATa long steady look 凝视,注视 She felt embarrassed under his steady gaze. 他持久的注视让她觉得很不好意思。
lower/drop your gaze Ellen smiled uncomfortably and lowered her gaze. 埃伦很不自在地笑笑,垂下了目光。
meet somebody’s gaze (=look directly at someone who is looking at you) 迎着某人的目光 He didn’t dare to meet her gaze. 他不敢迎视她的目光。
n COLLOCATIONSverbslower/drop your gaze (=look down)Her eyes met his and she immediately dropped her gaze.
avert your gaze (=look away)Miller averted his eyes from the beggars that lined the streets.
meet somebody’s gaze (=look at someone who is looking at you)He said nothing, but met her gaze.
hold somebody’s gaze (=keep looking at someone who is looking at you)He held her gaze for a few seconds, then continued eating.
avoid somebody’s gaze (=not look at someone)I avoided his gaze and just looked out of the window.
fix your gaze on somebody/something (=look at someone or something continuously)He fixed his gaze on the wall behind her.
keep your gaze (fixed) on somebody/something (=keep looking at someone or something)I kept my gaze fixed on the television and didn’t look at him as he left the room.
somebody’s gaze falls on somebody/something (=someone looks at someone or something)Fisher’s gaze fell on Mr. Grant.
somebody’s gaze moves/travels/shifts/sweeps etcHis gaze travelled over the still water to the other side of the lake.
adjectivesa steady gaze (=a look in which you do not look away)Jess felt embarrassed under his steady gaze.
an intense gaze (=when someone looks at someone or something with concentration)His intense gaze never left Delaney.
a piercing gaze (=a look that seems to see what you are thinking)He fixed the boy with a piercing gaze and waited for his response.
a steely gaze (=a determined look)He fixed a steely gaze on his opponent.
Origin gaze1 (1300-1400) Probably from a Scandinavian language