gawp
verb/ɡɔːp/
/ɡɔːp/
[intransitive] (British English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gawp | /ɡɔːp/ /ɡɔːp/ |
| he / she / it gawps | /ɡɔːps/ /ɡɔːps/ |
| past simple gawped | /ɡɔːpt/ /ɡɔːpt/ |
| past participle gawped | /ɡɔːpt/ /ɡɔːpt/ |
| -ing form gawping | /ˈɡɔːpɪŋ/ /ˈɡɔːpɪŋ/ |
- gawp (at somebody/something) to stare at somebody/something in a rude or stupid way
无礼地瞪眼看；呆头呆脑地盯着 - Don’t gawp at me like that!
别这样瞪着我！ - Crowds stood gawping as the victims were brought out of the bombed building.
当受害者被带出被炸毁的大楼时，人群目瞪口呆。
Word Originlate 17th cent.: perhaps an alteration of gape. - Don’t gawp at me like that!