stare
Word family nounstarerstaringadverbstaringlyverbstare
stare1 /steə $ ster/ ●●● S3 W2 verb [intransitiveI] → stair1 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。
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 COLLOCATIONSadverbsstare 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.
phrasesstare in disbelief/horror/amazement etcHilary 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.
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. 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 COLLOCATIONSverbsgive somebody a stareDoyle 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.
adjectivesa hard stare (=very steady, with a lot of attention)As he passed, he gave us a hard stare.
a long stareThe 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 staresThey ignored the curious stares directed at them.
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