Definition of gawk in English:

gawk

verb ɡɔːkɡɔk

[no object]

Stare openly and stupidly.
（不加掩饰地）呆望
they were gawking at some pin-up
他们呆呆地盯着一张裸女像。
Example sentencesExamples
- The door opened and a sailor stepped inside, openly gawking at our still wet clothes.
- She heard the stampede leave as Stephen gawked at his new car.
- Most of them were trying to be clandestine about it, but a few were openly pointing and gawking.
- Carl gawked at the car with unbelieving eyes, and the unknown man still yelling at him must have noticed.
- The other alien faces gawked and stared, but their whispers were too far away for me to do anything about, so I ignored it.
- Stores and boutiques stock all manner of goods and people are buying rather than gawking.
- Only now, gawking at snow-coated cars, did it finally sink in that I was in Scotland.
- When we finally dragged the hulking thing home, all we could do was saw it in half and just stand in awe, gawking at the horror within.
- Already, he could see the stares and could almost hear the whispers as his classmates openly gawked at him.
- It was a bright, sunny day but very cold, too cold to hang about gawking at the scenery between shops.
- As the minutes ticked by, the number of students standing on the banks gawking at the spectacle increased steadily.
- The boy slowly raised his head to meet my gaze, and gawked back at me.
- She looked as gorgeous as ever and certainly had every young lad in town gawking with dropped jaws.
- All of the guys stared and gawked at the new girl's body figure and style.
- People gawked and stared, and he stared back with a grin beaming from ear to ear.
- The last thing any child would need to fear would be rows of people gawking down from the church gallery.
- I gawked at the snow on the mountains and squealed over those funny hairy cows as my camera clicked madly, trying to capture the colours and scale of it all.
- How long did it take them to go from gawking ignorantly at the machine to surfing the Web and finding sites they liked?
- I gaped (or gawked or gushed, whatever way you wish to call it) when Eric appeared again.
- She gawked unabashedly at the passing scenery, then stared wide-eyed as the car came to a halt in the shadow of the huge home.
Synonyms
gape, goggle, gaze, ogle, stare, stare stupidly, stare open-mouthed, stare in wonder, look fixedly, look vacantly
informal rubberneck
British informal gawp

noun ɡɔːkɡɔk

An awkward or shy person.
笨拙（或羞涩）的人
let those country gawks dance to their hearts' content
Example sentencesExamples
- It's nice to think there was a time when I was small and cute and didn't list disturbingly between being a lanky gawk and an oafish lump.

Derivatives

gawker

nounˈɡɔːkəˈɡɔkər

For the first few weeks, I avoided the site primarily because I didn't think the police and firefighters workers needed any more gawkers getting in their way.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a hard place to miss, especially with all the gawkers rubbernecking for any celebrities from the lower floors.
- And she ran into a couple of gawkers who came down just to see it.
- Naturally, gawkers lined up 10 deep in front of the club.
- Yes, there were tons of happy gawkers on the street.

gawkish

adjective

But its narrow shoulders and gawkish legs implied it was a boy of only twelve, perhaps thirteen at best.
Example sentencesExamples
- The peace of her early childhood was shattered by the entirely predictable arrival of awkward and gawkish hormones.
- One fissure will ruin the labor of years, and one fissure may be produced by the slip of one gawkish moving man.
- Even if he leaned down it would look gawkish and awkward.
- His audience can relate to gawkish tales of teenage fumbling, and his audience will grow.

Origin

Late 17th century (as a noun): perhaps related to obsolete gaw 'to gaze', from Old Norse gá 'heed'.

Rhymes

auk, baulk, Bork, caulk (US calk), chalk, cork, Dundalk, Falk, fork, hawk, Hawke, nork, orc, outwalk, pork, squawk, stalk, stork, talk, torc, torque, walk, york

Definition of gawk in US English:

gawk

verbɡɔkɡôk

[no object]

Stare openly and stupidly.
（不加掩饰地）呆望
they were gawking at some pinup
他们呆呆地盯着一张裸女像。
Example sentencesExamples
- All of the guys stared and gawked at the new girl's body figure and style.
- Most of them were trying to be clandestine about it, but a few were openly pointing and gawking.
- When we finally dragged the hulking thing home, all we could do was saw it in half and just stand in awe, gawking at the horror within.
- The door opened and a sailor stepped inside, openly gawking at our still wet clothes.
- The other alien faces gawked and stared, but their whispers were too far away for me to do anything about, so I ignored it.
- The last thing any child would need to fear would be rows of people gawking down from the church gallery.
- I gawked at the snow on the mountains and squealed over those funny hairy cows as my camera clicked madly, trying to capture the colours and scale of it all.
- Carl gawked at the car with unbelieving eyes, and the unknown man still yelling at him must have noticed.
- Stores and boutiques stock all manner of goods and people are buying rather than gawking.
- It was a bright, sunny day but very cold, too cold to hang about gawking at the scenery between shops.
- She looked as gorgeous as ever and certainly had every young lad in town gawking with dropped jaws.
- The boy slowly raised his head to meet my gaze, and gawked back at me.
- She heard the stampede leave as Stephen gawked at his new car.
- Only now, gawking at snow-coated cars, did it finally sink in that I was in Scotland.
- Already, he could see the stares and could almost hear the whispers as his classmates openly gawked at him.
- She gawked unabashedly at the passing scenery, then stared wide-eyed as the car came to a halt in the shadow of the huge home.
- As the minutes ticked by, the number of students standing on the banks gawking at the spectacle increased steadily.
- How long did it take them to go from gawking ignorantly at the machine to surfing the Web and finding sites they liked?
- People gawked and stared, and he stared back with a grin beaming from ear to ear.
- I gaped (or gawked or gushed, whatever way you wish to call it) when Eric appeared again.
Synonyms
gape, goggle, gaze, ogle, stare, stare stupidly, stare open-mouthed, stare in wonder, look fixedly, look vacantly

nounɡɔkɡôk

An awkward or shy person.
笨拙（或羞涩）的人
Example sentencesExamples
- It's nice to think there was a time when I was small and cute and didn't list disturbingly between being a lanky gawk and an oafish lump.

Origin

Late 17th century (as a noun): perhaps related to obsolete gaw ‘to gaze’, from Old Norse gá ‘heed’.

单词	gawk
释义	Definition of gawk in English: gawk verb ɡɔːkɡɔk [no object] Stare openly and stupidly. （不加掩饰地）呆望 they were gawking at some pin-up 他们呆呆地盯着一张裸女像。 Example sentencesExamples The door opened and a sailor stepped inside, openly gawking at our still wet clothes. She heard the stampede leave as Stephen gawked at his new car. Most of them were trying to be clandestine about it, but a few were openly pointing and gawking. Carl gawked at the car with unbelieving eyes, and the unknown man still yelling at him must have noticed. The other alien faces gawked and stared, but their whispers were too far away for me to do anything about, so I ignored it. Stores and boutiques stock all manner of goods and people are buying rather than gawking. Only now, gawking at snow-coated cars, did it finally sink in that I was in Scotland. When we finally dragged the hulking thing home, all we could do was saw it in half and just stand in awe, gawking at the horror within. Already, he could see the stares and could almost hear the whispers as his classmates openly gawked at him. It was a bright, sunny day but very cold, too cold to hang about gawking at the scenery between shops. As the minutes ticked by, the number of students standing on the banks gawking at the spectacle increased steadily. The boy slowly raised his head to meet my gaze, and gawked back at me. She looked as gorgeous as ever and certainly had every young lad in town gawking with dropped jaws. All of the guys stared and gawked at the new girl's body figure and style. People gawked and stared, and he stared back with a grin beaming from ear to ear. The last thing any child would need to fear would be rows of people gawking down from the church gallery. I gawked at the snow on the mountains and squealed over those funny hairy cows as my camera clicked madly, trying to capture the colours and scale of it all. How long did it take them to go from gawking ignorantly at the machine to surfing the Web and finding sites they liked? I gaped (or gawked or gushed, whatever way you wish to call it) when Eric appeared again. She gawked unabashedly at the passing scenery, then stared wide-eyed as the car came to a halt in the shadow of the huge home. Synonyms gape, goggle, gaze, ogle, stare, stare stupidly, stare open-mouthed, stare in wonder, look fixedly, look vacantly informal rubberneck British informal gawp noun ɡɔːkɡɔk An awkward or shy person. 笨拙（或羞涩）的人 let those country gawks dance to their hearts' content Example sentencesExamples It's nice to think there was a time when I was small and cute and didn't list disturbingly between being a lanky gawk and an oafish lump. Derivatives gawker nounˈɡɔːkəˈɡɔkər For the first few weeks, I avoided the site primarily because I didn't think the police and firefighters workers needed any more gawkers getting in their way. Example sentencesExamples It's a hard place to miss, especially with all the gawkers rubbernecking for any celebrities from the lower floors. And she ran into a couple of gawkers who came down just to see it. Naturally, gawkers lined up 10 deep in front of the club. Yes, there were tons of happy gawkers on the street. gawkish adjective But its narrow shoulders and gawkish legs implied it was a boy of only twelve, perhaps thirteen at best. Example sentencesExamples The peace of her early childhood was shattered by the entirely predictable arrival of awkward and gawkish hormones. One fissure will ruin the labor of years, and one fissure may be produced by the slip of one gawkish moving man. Even if he leaned down it would look gawkish and awkward. His audience can relate to gawkish tales of teenage fumbling, and his audience will grow. Origin Late 17th century (as a noun): perhaps related to obsolete gaw 'to gaze', from Old Norse gá 'heed'. Rhymes auk, baulk, Bork, caulk (US calk), chalk, cork, Dundalk, Falk, fork, hawk, Hawke, nork, orc, outwalk, pork, squawk, stalk, stork, talk, torc, torque, walk, york Definition of gawk in US English: gawk verbɡɔkɡôk [no object] Stare openly and stupidly. （不加掩饰地）呆望 they were gawking at some pinup 他们呆呆地盯着一张裸女像。 Example sentencesExamples All of the guys stared and gawked at the new girl's body figure and style. Most of them were trying to be clandestine about it, but a few were openly pointing and gawking. When we finally dragged the hulking thing home, all we could do was saw it in half and just stand in awe, gawking at the horror within. The door opened and a sailor stepped inside, openly gawking at our still wet clothes. The other alien faces gawked and stared, but their whispers were too far away for me to do anything about, so I ignored it. The last thing any child would need to fear would be rows of people gawking down from the church gallery. I gawked at the snow on the mountains and squealed over those funny hairy cows as my camera clicked madly, trying to capture the colours and scale of it all. Carl gawked at the car with unbelieving eyes, and the unknown man still yelling at him must have noticed. Stores and boutiques stock all manner of goods and people are buying rather than gawking. It was a bright, sunny day but very cold, too cold to hang about gawking at the scenery between shops. She looked as gorgeous as ever and certainly had every young lad in town gawking with dropped jaws. The boy slowly raised his head to meet my gaze, and gawked back at me. She heard the stampede leave as Stephen gawked at his new car. Only now, gawking at snow-coated cars, did it finally sink in that I was in Scotland. Already, he could see the stares and could almost hear the whispers as his classmates openly gawked at him. She gawked unabashedly at the passing scenery, then stared wide-eyed as the car came to a halt in the shadow of the huge home. As the minutes ticked by, the number of students standing on the banks gawking at the spectacle increased steadily. How long did it take them to go from gawking ignorantly at the machine to surfing the Web and finding sites they liked? People gawked and stared, and he stared back with a grin beaming from ear to ear. I gaped (or gawked or gushed, whatever way you wish to call it) when Eric appeared again. Synonyms gape, goggle, gaze, ogle, stare, stare stupidly, stare open-mouthed, stare in wonder, look fixedly, look vacantly nounɡɔkɡôk An awkward or shy person. 笨拙（或羞涩）的人 Example sentencesExamples It's nice to think there was a time when I was small and cute and didn't list disturbingly between being a lanky gawk and an oafish lump. Origin Late 17th century (as a noun): perhaps related to obsolete gaw ‘to gaze’, from Old Norse gá ‘heed’.
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