gaze• Edward was enthralled; he leaned his head on his hands and gazed.• Surely he deserves better of me than to gaze at him with my policeman's eyes.• But before I duck in, I pause a moment to gaze at the rapidly changing color of the sky.• I lay back on the sand and gazed at the starsabove.• He gazes at us full on with a half-smile and wide-open eyes.• She gazed dispiritedly at her own reflection in the mirror, seeing the darkshadows beneath her eyes.• Ruth gazed down at the sleeping child.• Antony rose to his feet and stood gazing intensely at her.• He was just gazing into space.• He stopped talking suddenly and gazed into the distance.• She sat gazing out the windows at the people walking by.
gaze into/at etc• He was still gazing at her across the warmfog of the coffeebar.• She sees that Harriet is quietly gazing at her in the redfirelight.• She gazed at him implacably, determined not to fight him, or to struggle.• Lachlan was standing quite still, gazing at Marion, who stared right back at him, head high, challenging him.• Dexter saw Blanche gaze at Parkin with sadness.• Nailsshut the door and stood gazing into space, silent, apparently thinking.• While Francis had been gazing into the unseeable distance, the wall had extended several metres across the clearing.• Emily seemed to sense this too as she gazed at the uppermostbranches.
meet somebody’s gaze (=look directly at someone who is looking at you) 迎着某人的目光
He didn’t dare to meet her gaze.
他不敢迎视她的目光。
nCOLLOCATIONS
verbs
lower/drop your gaze (=look down)
Her eyes met his and she immediately dropped her gaze.
avert your gaze (=look away)
Miller averted his eyes from the beggars that lined the streets.
meet somebody’s gaze (=look at someone who is looking at you)
He said nothing, but met her gaze.
hold somebody’s gaze (=keep looking at someone who is looking at you)
He held her gaze for a few seconds, then continued eating.
avoid somebody’s gaze (=not look at someone)
I avoided his gaze and just looked out of the window.
fix your gaze on somebody/something (=look at someone or something continuously)
He fixed his gaze on the wall behind her.
keep your gaze (fixed) on somebody/something (=keep looking at someone or something)
I kept my gaze fixed on the television and didn’t look at him as he left the room.
somebody’s gaze falls on somebody/something (=someone looks at someone or something)
Fisher’s gaze fell on Mr. Grant.
somebody’s gaze moves/travels/shifts/sweeps etc
His gaze travelled over the still water to the other side of the lake.
adjectives
a steady gaze (=a look in which you do not look away)
Jess felt embarrassed under his steady gaze.
an intense gaze (=when someone looks at someone or something with concentration)
His intense gaze never left Delaney.
a piercing gaze (=a look that seems to see what you are thinking)
He fixed the boy with a piercing gaze and waited for his response.
a steely gaze (=a determined look)
He fixed a steely gaze on his opponent.
Examples from the Corpus
gaze• The tap-tap boy with the crookedgaze stood in the open doorway, grinning as usual.• Toni turned her gaze back to the fireplace.• It seemed that he had not heard Garland's little speech but his gaze came round eventually.• Hinn focused his gaze on the opposite end of the stadium, near the top.• She said nothing, but she met his gaze fully and did not veil her own.• The full force of that old gaze.• We look at each other, and then, drop our gaze to hide our confusion.• It was that bitterrivalry that led us to lift our gaze to space-but what we have seen has transfigured us.• Nathan's gazeflickered over her, his own thoughts hidden behind eyes reflecting the softglow of the bedheadlamp.• a small man with a shrewdgaze
lower/drop your gaze• He stepped back from the microphone and lowered his gaze, lost in painfulemotion.• For no reason at all, she shivered and dropped her gaze.• When Ryan read the charge of homicide of Menendez, Franco lowered his gaze from the bench and stared at his feet.• He dropped his gaze and concentrated on his hands, examining his cleanperfect nails.• We look at each other, and then, drop our gaze to hide our confusion.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + GAZE | GAZE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤direct, fixed, level, steady, watchful直視;凝視;逼視;盯視;警惕的凝視◇She felt embarrassed under his steady gaze.在他的注視下她感到很尷尬。➤intense, intent, penetrating, piercing, searching目不轉睛的凝視;犀利的目光;銳利的目光;探究的目光➤clear明淨的眼光▸➤cold, cool, hard, icy, steely冷冷的眼神;狠狠的目光;冰冷的目光;冷酷的凝視➤angry, critical, stern, withering生氣的目光;批評的眼神;嚴厲的目光;令人難堪的盯視➤curious, questioning好奇的目光;質問的眼神▸➤blue, dark, grey/gray, etc.藍色眼睛、黑色眼睛、灰色眼睛等的凝視◇His deep blue gaze held hers.他深藍色的眼睛迎視她的目光。➤public (figurative) 公眾的目光◇Rock stars are constantly exposed to the public gaze.搖滾明星無時無刻不暴露在公眾的目光之下。VERB + GAZE➤direct, fix (sb with), focus, turn注視;盯着(某人);目光轉向◇They fixed their gaze on the dark line of the coast ahead.他們注視着前方黑色的海岸線。◇She fixed him with a level gaze.她目光堅定地盯着他。◇He turned his gaze on me.他把目光轉向了我。➤catch, meet, return吸引⋯注意;正視目光;回盯⋯◇She refused to meet my gaze.她拒絕正視我的目光。➤hold盯着▸➤follow追隨(某人的)目光◇I followed her gaze and spotted a lion on the horizon.我順着她的目光看去,發現地平線處有一頭獅子。➤avert, drop, lower, shift, tear移開目光;垂下眼簾◇She deliberately averted her gaze when he came in.他進來時她故意把目光移向了別處。◇Carla tore her gaze from the sea.卡拉將目光從海上移開。➤avoid避開目光◇She avoided his gaze.她迴避他的注視。GAZE + VERB➤drift, flick, flicker, move, roam (sth), shift, sweep (sth), travel, wander目光掃視;眼光一瞟;目光閃爍;目光移動;目光掃視(⋯);目光遊移(於⋯);目光掠過;打量(⋯);目光巡視◇His gaze flickered over the room.他掃了一眼整個房間。◇His gaze flickered for an instant.他的目光閃了一下。➤follow sth目光隨着⋯移動◇Her gaze followed Simon's through the archway.她的目光隨着西蒙的視線穿過拱門。➤fix on sth, lock (with sth), meet sth凝視⋯;目光盯着(⋯);目光與⋯相遇◇Her gaze fixed on his and held it unblinkingly.她正視着他的目光,眼睛一眨也不眨。◇His gaze locked with hers.他和她的目光交織在一起。➤hold sth目光盯住⋯▸➤linger, rest目光流連;視線停留◇Rebecca's gaze rested on the child thoughtfully.麗貝卡若有所思地將視線停留在那個孩子身上。➤fall目光落(在)◇Her gaze fell on Kate's tousled hair.她的目光落在凱特亂蓬蓬的頭髮上。➤narrow注視的眼睛瞇起◇The dark gaze narrowed.注視着的黑眼睛瞇了起來。PREPOSITION➤under sb's gaze在某人的注視下◇He blushed under her angry gaze.在她的怒目相對下,他臉紅了。gaze
verb
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤intently, steadily目不轉睛地注視;緊盯着看◇He gazed steadily into the distance.他凝視着遠方。➤absently, blankly心不在焉地看;茫然地看◇He gazed absently at the passing crowd.他漫不經心地看着人來人往。➤dreamily, thoughtfully, wistfully心不在焉地/若有所思地/渴望地凝視▸➤admiringly, adoringly, fondly, longingly, lovingly讚賞地看着;含情脈脈地望着;深情地看;渴望地注視;充滿愛意地注視◇She gazed admiringly up at him.她仰慕地抬眼看着他。➤down, out, up向下看;向外望;向上看◇He gazed out over the lake.他眺望着遠處的湖面。PREPOSITION➤at注視◇Every one gazed at her beautiful jewels.大家都盯着她的漂亮首飾看。➤in以⋯方式看◇They gazed in wonder at the mighty peaks.他們看着雄偉的山峰,驚歎不已。➤into凝視◇She gazed steadily into his face.她盯着他的臉看。