gawk

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gawk /ɡɔːk $ ɡɒːk/ verb [intransitiveI]

LOOK AT informal to look at something for a long time, in a way that looks stupid 呆呆地看 SYN stare

gawk at

Don’t just stand there gawking at those girls!

别站在那儿盯着那些女孩傻看！

Examples from the Corpus

gawk• I just stood, gawking and shivering, as it disappeared into the hurrying crowd.• Do women want to watch a show about men gawking at sports on television?• Tourists walked around gawking at the people in traditional costumes.• Despite the excellent snow, I spent at least half my time on each run standing still, gawking at the view.• His ugly, freckled face gawked in every direction.• I stood there for a moment, not wanting to gawk or intrude but unable to stop staring.

gawk at• Drivers slowed to gawk at the accident.

Origin gawk

(1800-1900) Perhaps from gawk “left, left-handed” ((18-19 centuries))

Chinese

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