gaze
verb [ I usually + adv/prep ] uk/ɡeɪz/ us/ɡeɪz/
B2 （尤指因为惊奇、羡慕或心不在焉而）凝视，注视，盯着看
to look at something or someone for a long time, especially in surprise or admiration, or because you are thinking about something else
Annette gazed admiringly at Warren as he spoke. 沃伦说话时，安妮特一脸崇拜地注视着他。
He spends hours gazing out of the window when he should be working. 他在本应工作的时候一连几个小时盯着窗外发呆。
Compare: stare verb
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- He gazed out over the emptiness of the moors.
- He gazed at her, his eyes full of longing.
- She gazed in admiration at his broad, muscular shoulders.
- She was gazing out the window, rocking rhythmically to and fro.
- The women sitting opposite us were gazing admiringly at baby Joe.
gaze
noun [ S ] uk/ɡeɪz/ us/ɡeɪz/
C2 凝视;注视;盯着
a long look, usually of a particular kind
a steady gaze 目不转睛地凝视
an innocent/admiring gaze 天真地／羡慕地盯着看
literary As I looked out, my gaze fell on a small child by the road. 我看看窗外，目光落到了路边一个小孩身上。
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- Her gaze fell upon a small box at the back of the shop.
- I could feel his malevolent gaze as I walked away.
- I averted my gaze while he dressed.
- He turned a cold, reptilian gaze on me.
- She returned his gaze steadily.
- Playing on the idea of the viewer's gaze, the work hearkens back to such feminist artworks as those of Barbara Kruger.
- Flanagan, whose previous works are set in his native Tasmania, turns his unflinching gaze toward modern-day Sydney.
- Greer claims that artistic images of nubile males pleased the female gaze as much as the male.