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stare

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stare1 /steə $ ster/ S3 W2 verb [intransitiveI] → stair

1 LOOK ATto look at something or someone for a long time without moving your eyes, for example because you are surprised, angry, or bored 凝视，盯着看

stare at

What are you staring at?

你在盯着看什么？

stare (at somebody) in disbelief/amazement/horror etc

She stared at me in disbelief.

她不相信地看着我。

She sat there staring into space (=looking for a long time at nothing).

她坐在那里，出神地凝视前方。

► see thesaurus at look

2 be staring somebody in the face

a) informalOBVIOUS if something is staring you in the face, it is very clear or easy to notice but you have not noticed it 就在某人眼前〔形容某事物非常明显，某人却注意不到〕

The solution was staring me right in the face all along.

解决办法其实一直就明摆在我的面前。

b) CERTAINLY/DEFINITELYto seem impossible to avoid 看来某人无法避免

Defeat was staring us in the face.

看来我们输定了。

Examples from the Corpus

be staring somebody in the face• Defeat was staring us in the face.• The solution is staring you in the face.• He thought he was staring death in the face.• It is staring us in the face.• With only three games to save themselves, Coventry are staring relegation in the face.• The answer had been staring him in the face for months.

3.stare somebody out British EnglishBrE, stare somebody down American English phrasal verbphr v LOOK ATto look at someone for so long that they start to feel uncomfortable and look away 盯得〔某人〕不敢再对视

Examples from the Corpus

stare out• He sits facing the viewer, and staring straight out.• If looks could kill ... I tried to stare him out.• Some of the press read into that that I was trying to stare him out!• Tyrone Willingham said, staring sedately out at a group of reporters.• On the top floor of 32, Mrs Mackintosh stared nervously out at the dark street.• Luther stared at him out of terrified eyes.• The Marines were staring morosely out to sea, when a glimmer of unusual movement caught their eyes.• She was sitting beside him now, staring straight out towards the sea.

→ stark staring mad at stark2(2)

n COLLOCATIONS

adverbs

stare hard/intently (=very steadily, with a lot of attention)

She stared hard at him for a moment.

stare fixedly (=without moving your head or eyes)

Harry stared fixedly out of the window.

stare blankly (=without emotion, understanding, or interest)

Lucy stared blankly at the teacher.

stare unseeingly/blindly literary (=not noticing anything, although your eyes are open)

She sat down on the bed and stared unseeingly at the wall.

stare vacantly (=seeming not to notice or be thinking anything)

Mum was staring vacantly at the fire.

stare moodily (=rather unhappily)

He was staring moodily into his glass.

phrases

stare in disbelief/horror/amazement etc

Hilary stared in disbelief at the kitchen clock.

stare into space (=look for a long time at nothing)

Jo's always lying on the sofa staring into space.

Examples from the Corpus

stare• Some children scattered, turning to stare.• Dragan stared and felt his head burning.• Why are you staring at me like that?• Then you usually lie there just staring at the ceiling, thinking about everything that could go wrong.• She stared at the page for several minutes, trying to understand.• Ron kept silent and stared down at his food.• Fenton stood tall and stared down the gunmen.• Donna stared in horror as the man fell to the floor.• She was staring in pain at the sick horse.• He was silent around her; he sat reading Bible commentaries and writing his sermons and staring into the fire.• Clayt drew up his shoulders and stared into the middle distance, as though he were finished.• When he's depressed, he just sits there, staring off into space.• Everyone turned to look at him, and he stared stonily back.• He leaned against the rood screen and stared up at his newly repaired roof.• It's not polite to stare, you know.

stare at• Zach stared at him in disbelief.

stare2 noun [countableC]

1 LOOK ATwhen you look at something or someone for a long time in a steady way 盯视，凝视

She gave him a long hard stare.

她狠狠地盯了他好一会儿。

She laughed, ignoring the stares of everyone around her.

她大笑起来，不顾周围的人都在盯着她看。

His pleas were met by a blank stare (=a stare with no expression, understanding, or interest).

他的请求得到的回应是茫然空洞的目光。

n COLLOCATIONS

verbs

give somebody a stare

Doyle gave her a long stare.

fix somebody with a stare literary (=stare at someone)

He fixed her with a cool stare.

return somebody’s stare (=stare back at them)

I returned his stare and he looked away.

meet somebody’s stare (=look back at them)

Alan met Susan’s outraged stare calmly.

adjectives

a hard stare (=very steady, with a lot of attention)

As he passed, he gave us a hard stare.

a long stare

The man fixed him with a long, deliberate stare.

a blank stare (=showing no emotion, understanding, or interest)

Mention his name, and you get mostly blank stares.

a vacant stare (=seeming not to notice or be thinking anything)

She was gazing out of the window with a vacant stare.

a fixed/unwavering/unblinking stare (=with your eyes not moving at all)

His unwavering stare was making me feel pretty uneasy.

a cold/stony stare (=unfriendly)

I smiled and said "hello" but only got a cold stare.

a cool stare (=calm)

When I expressed surprise, he responded with a cool stare.

curious stares

They ignored the curious stares directed at them.

Examples from the Corpus

stare• Up and down with giggles and stares.• The suspect was described as having a blank stare after the shooting spree.• The women raked us with their cold stares as Clarisa rose, picked Janir up and carried him off.• Charles didn't reply. He just gave his daughter an icy stare.• The person sitting on the low wall did not move, even when Pol cast a meaningful stare in its direction.• Their argument attracted the stares of passing shoppers.• With this stare, I thee covet.• Ruth saw a green trail of cloaks, light striking from silver helmets, and a cold transfixing stare.

blank stare• But ask them when fund shareholders should sell their funds, and you get a blank stare.• Poindexter gave him a blank stare.• All he got in return was a blank stare and a cloud of fresh cigar smoke.• He hated Pops's blank stares.• As his eyes adjusted to the dimness he began to feel dominated by the blank stares of the plaster martyrs.• Julie found herself drawn almost hypnotically to the blank stares.

Origin stare1

Old English starian

stare1 verb →n COLLOCATIONS1stare2 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1

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TOEFL BNC: 1192 COCA: 1131

stare

verb

ADVERB | VERB + STARE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES

ADVERB

➤fixedly, hard, intently, unblinkingly凝視；使勁盯着看；專注地凝視；眼睛一眨不眨地盯着看

◇I could see a man staring at me intently.我能看到有個男人正專注地盯着我看。

➤steadily直盯着看

▸➤impassively冷漠地盯着看

▸➤absently, blankly, uncomprehendingly, vacantly心不在焉地／面無表情地／茫然不解地／呆滯地盯着看

◇She stared blankly at the brick wall in front of her.她面無表情地盯着面前的磚牆。

➤disbelievingly, incredulously, open-mouthed, wide-eyed, wildly不敢相信地盯着看；目瞪口呆地盯着看；瞪大眼睛盯視；熱切地盯視

◇I stared at him open-mouthed, unable to speak.我目瞪口呆地盯着他，一句話也說不出來。

➤bleakly, gloomily, glumly, helplessly, morosely陰鬱地／憂傷地／憂鬱地／無助地／愁眉苦臉地凝視

◇He stared at me bleakly and said nothing.他陰鬱地盯着我，什麼也沒說。

➤coldly, coolly, defiantly, fiercely, stonily冷冷地盯着看；蔑視；兇狠地瞪着眼；冷酷無情地凝視

◇She stared at him stonily as he came in.他進來時她冷冷地盯了他一眼。

➤curiously, quizzically, suspiciously, thoughtfully好奇地／探詢地／滿腹狐疑地／若有所思地凝視

▸➤silently默默無言地凝視

▸➤just, merely, simply只是盯着看；僅僅盯着瞧

▸➤(for) a moment盯着看一會兒

◇For a long moment they just stared at each other.有很長一段時間他們只是相互盯着對方看。

➤still還盯着看

◇He was still staring at himself in the mirror.他還在盯着鏡中的自己。

➤across, ahead, around, back, down, out, straight ahead, up瞪眼掃視；盯着前方；注視周圍；向後注視；盯着下面看；向外注視；直勾勾地盯着前方；抬起頭盯着看

◇She stared back at him.她也盯着他作為回應。

◇He stared straight ahead and did not move.他直勾勾地盯着前方，一動不動。

VERB + STARE

➤seem to好像盯着看

▸➤continue to繼續盯着看

▸➤turn to轉頭盯着看

◇Everyone in the room turned to stare at her.屋裏的每個人都轉過來盯着她。

➤pause to, stop to停下來盯着看

PREPOSITION

➤at瞪眼看

▸➤across, around, through掃視⋯；瞪眼看⋯各處；透過⋯盯着看

➤after盯着⋯的背影

◇She stalked off, leaving them all staring after her.她昂首闊步地走了，剩下他們目不轉睛地盯着她的背影。

➤into, out of往⋯裏盯着看；從⋯往外盯着看

➤in, with⋯地盯着看

◇I stared in horror at his bloody mouth.我恐懼地瞪着他血淋淋的嘴巴。

◇He just stared at her with disbelief.他只是怔怔地看着她，不敢相信。

PHRASES

➤sit staring, stand staring目不轉睛地坐着／站着

◇I sat staring at the ruins of the building.我呆呆地坐着，盯着大樓的廢墟。

➤sit and stare, stand and stare, stop and stare坐着／站着／停下發呆

◇It was too cold to stand and stare.太冷了，不能傻站着。

➤stare into the abyss (figurative) 凝視着無盡的深淵

◇His party was staring into the abyss.他的政黨正面臨無盡的深淵。

➤stare into space茫然地瞪着眼睛

◇She was just sitting there, staring into space.她只是坐在那兒，瞪着眼睛發呆。

TOEFL BNC: 1192 COCA: 1131

stare

verb

➡ See also the entries for

glance

and

look

verb

另见glance条和look动词词条第1义

stare

♦︎

gaze

♦︎

peer

♦︎

glare

♦︎

squint

♦︎

gawkThese words all mean to look at sb/sth for a long time. 这些词均表示凝视、注视。

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配

◆to stare / gaze / peer / glare / squint / gawk at sb / sth

◆to stare / gaze / gawk in surprise / amusement, etc.

◆to stare / gaze / peer / glare / squint for a moment

◆to stare / gaze / peer / glare suspiciously

◆to stare / gaze / peer anxiously / intently

◆to stare / gaze / glare wildly / fiercely

■ stare

[intransitive]

to look at sb/sth for a long time, especially with surprise or fear, or because you are thinking （尤指因吃惊、害怕或思考而）盯着看，凝视，注视

◆I screamed and everyone stared.我尖叫了一声，众人都盯着我看。

◆Peter stared in disbelief at the message on the screen.彼得满腹疑惑地注视着屏幕上的信息。

◆He sat for hours just staring into space (= looking at nothing).他坐了几个小时，茫然地凝视着前方。

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