no obj.
1- look fixedly or vacantly at someone or something with one's eyes wide open凝视, 注视, 目不转睛地看:
he stared at her in amazement
他惊讶得目不转睛地看着她
Robyn sat staring into space, her mind numb.
罗宾坐在那儿呆呆地注视着前方, 头脑中一片空白。
1.1
- (of a person's eyes) be wide open, with a fixed or vacant expression瞪眼看, 茫然地看:
her grey eyes stared back at him.
她回过头来用灰色的眼睛瞪着他。
1.2
- no obj., with adverbial of direction(of a thing) be unpleasantly prominent or striking(事物)惹眼, 显眼:
the obituaries stared out at us.
那个讣告在我们看来很惹眼。
1.3
- with obj.( stare someone into) reduce someone to (a specified condition) by looking fixedly at them把…注视得, 目不转睛把…看得:
Sandra stared him into silence.
桑德拉把他盯得不敢吭声。
- a long fixed or vacant look盯, 凝视:
she gave him a cold stare.
她冷冷地盯了他一眼。
短语
be staring something in the face
- be on the verge of defeat, death, or another unpleasant fate处于失败(或死亡等厄运的)边缘:
Everton were staring defeat in the face.
埃弗顿队正面临失败的厄运。
stare someone in the eye(或face)
- look fixedly or boldly at someone盯着看, 瞪眼看。
stare someone in the face
- be glaringly apparent or obvious很明显, 显而易见:
the answer had been staring him in the face.
答案就在他的眼前。
派生词
starer
noun词源
Old English starian, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning 'be rigid'.
短语动词
stare someone out(或down)
- look fixedly at someone until they feel forced to lower their eyes or turn away瞪眼把…逼得不敢对视; 瞪眼把…逼得转过脸去。