gawk
瞠目结舌,瞪大眼睛,目不转睛,呆呆地看着
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Definitions
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- : to stare stupidly; gape: The onlookers gawked at arriving celebrities.
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- : an awkward, foolish person.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Where does the word gawk come from?
We’ve all gawked, or “stared stupidly,” at various spectacles, from acrobats to celebrity meltdowns.Word nerds gawk at the origin of gawk—because it’s a spectacular puzzle.Gawk is recorded in 1775–85 in American English. It’s believed that gawk is based on an Old English word meaning “fool,” which appears in gawk hand or gallock hand, referring to the left hand. Our apologies, lefties.An alternative idea is that gawk is based on gaw, an old word meaning “to gaze, stare,” with an additional -k suffix found in other words such as talk and stalk.Stubborn isn’t alone: it finds lots of company in other English words that seem simple but whose origins are not. Discover more in our slideshow “‘Dog,’ ‘Boy,’ And Other Words That We Don’t Know Where They Came From.”
Examples
It would definitely be wrong for TLC to encourage us to gawk at these men but their story is worth investigating nonetheless.
More than 50,000 cars passed along Quiet Dell Road so people could gawk.
GAWK at the unparalleled treasures of the State Hermitage Museum and Winter Palace.
Rather than be instructional or cautionary, the show turns its subjects into feasting zoo objects for audiences to gawk at.
Of those snapping pictures, almost all were locals who had paused to gawk at the strange sight.
Ere Alfred could reply, a big gawk chimed in with: "By the dust on their britches laigs I callerate they didn't ride much."
Several spectators stopped venting their wrath on the unfortunate man in the ring to gawk at the couple.
Well, Weener, are you going to stand there and gawk for the next twentyfour hours or are you coming back with us?
The silly old gawk has got hold of your father and has actually made the old man believe that you are bewitched!
She was tall and lean—a college friend had described her exactly as "half goddess and half gawk."