stares; stared; staring
stares; stared; staring
Learner's definition of STARE
[no object]
: to look at someone or something for a long time often with your eyes wide open盯着看;凝视 -
She was staring straight ahead. = Her eyes were staring straight ahead.她凝视正前方。
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She stared out the window.她盯着窗外看。
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His mother told him not to stare.妈妈告诉他不要盯着人看。
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often + at -
We just sat and stared at each other.我们只是坐着,相互盯着对方。
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They stared in disbelief at the accident scene.他们难以置信地盯着事故现场。
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I spend a lot of my time staring at a computer screen.大量时间里我都在盯着电脑屏幕。
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often used figuratively常用作比喻
stare daggers (at someone)
— see dagger
stare down
(US) [phrasal verb] or British stare out stare (someone) down/out or stare down/out (someone)
: to look directly into someone's eyes without fear until he or she becomes uncomfortable and looks away盯得(某人)不再敢对视 —
often used figuratively常用作比喻
stare (off) into space
— see 1space
stare (someone) in the face
also chiefly US stare (someone) in the eye(s)
: to look directly into the eyes of (someone)盯着(某人的)眼睛 —
usually used figuratively通常用作比喻 -
The solution was staring me in the face. [=the solution was obvious but I failed to see it]答案就在我的眼前。
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Failure was staring him in the face. [=he was very close to failing; he was almost certain to fail]他离失败不远了。
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They stared death in the face/eye [=they came very close to death; they did something that was very dangerous and that could have caused their death] and didn't flinch.他们面临死亡,但是没有退缩。
2 stare /ˈsteɚ/ noun
plural stares
plural stares
Learner's definition of STARE
[count]
: the act of looking directly at someone or something for a long time : the act of staring盯着看;凝视 -
They looked at me with accusing stares.他们用谴责的目光盯着我。
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I asked him about it, but my question only drew/got a blank stare. [=he looked at me in a way that showed he did not understand or know the answer to my question]关于这件事我问了他,而他只是茫然地盯着我。
fix (someone) with a stare
— see 1fix