gawk

英 [gɔːk]美 [ɡɔk]
  • n. 呆子；腼腆的人
  • vi. 呆呆地看着
畅通词汇

中文词源

gawk 瞪眼看

词源不详。可能来自古诺斯语ga, 凝视，瞪眼，词源同gaze.

英文词源

gawk (v.)
"stare stupidly," 1785, American English, of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Watkins] from gaw, a survival from Middle English gowen "to stare" (c. 1200), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse ga "to heed," from Proto-Germanic *gawon, from PIE *ghow-e- "to honor, revere, worship" (see favor (n.)); and altered perhaps by gawk hand (see gawky). Liberman finds this untenable and writes that its history is entangled with that of gowk "cuckoo," which is from Scandinavian, but it need not be from that word, either. Nor is French gauche (itself probably from Germanic) considered a likely source. "It is possibly another independent imitative formation with the structure g-k" (compare geek). From 1867 as a noun. Related: Gawked; gawking.

双语例句

1. The youth continued to gawk at her and did not answer.
那个年轻人依然傻乎乎地望着她，没有答话。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Tens of thousands came to gawk.
成千上万的人赶来看热闹。
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3. Don't gawk at that pretty girl.
别呆头呆脑地瞪着那个漂亮小妞.
来自辞典例句
4. Buyer refuse gawk delivery sealed sample survey report following.
买主拒收货物,随后寄上密封样本与检验报告.
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5. He went on a gawk's errand again.
他又一次做了徒劳无功的事情.
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