gape
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++gape /ɡeɪp/ verb [intransitive] 1 LOOK ATto look at something for a long time, especially with your mouth open, because you are very surprised or shocked 瞠目结舌[目瞪口呆]地注视 SYN staregape at What are all these people gaping at? 这些人目不转睛地都在看什么呀？► see thesaurus at look2 (also gape open)OPEN to open widely or be wide open 大开；洞开；敞开 Dan stood at the door, his shirt gaping open. 丹敞着衬衫站在门口。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
gape• You may have to squeeze the edges of the wound together if the sides are gaping.• For a moment Rex and I gaped, and then Rex dived into the cabin to fetch his camera.• People stopped to gape as she walked down the street in a see-through mini-dress.• She stood there gaping at me, too shocked to speak.• I do not care much now about the way the women gape at me when I walk around in the village center.• I don't know why we're standing here for all these fools to gape at.• I could only gape in astonishment as I saw the man take the bottle from the shelf and put it under his coat.• A small boy pressed his face against the window and gaped in awe.• The wound on his neck gaped open 2 inches.• The mouth of the pouch gaped open.• But suddenly he was at the door, swaying slightly, his pyjama jacket gaping open.Origin gape (1200-1300) Old Norse gapagape verbChinese
Corpus for especially to with look something time, at long a
gape
gape /ɡeɪp/
verb [intransitive]
SYN stare
gape at
What are all these people gaping at?
2. (also gape open) to open widely or be wide open:
Dan stood at the door, his shirt gaping open.
▪ look to turn your eyes towards someone or something, so that you can see them: You should never look directly at the sun. | After a while, he turned and looked at me.
▪have/take a look especially spoken to look at something quickly, especially in order to find or check something: I’ll have a look in my desk. | Take a look at this!
▪glance to look at someone or something for a short time and then look quickly away: Damien glanced nervously at his watch.
▪peek/peep (also take a peek/peep ) to look quickly at something. Used especially when you are not supposed to look, or when you are looking through a small gap: The door was open so he peeked inside. | Katy peeped at her birthday present on the table.
▪peer to look very carefully, especially because you cannot see well: Kenji was peering at the screen.
▪glare to look at someone in an angry way: She glared at me as I got up to leave.
▪stare to look at someone or something for a long time without moving your eyes: It’s rude to stare. | She stared straight into the camera.
▪gaze to look at someone or something for a long time, often without realizing that you are doing it: She gazed out of the window. | He lay on his bed gazing at the ceiling.
▪gape to look at someone or something for a long time, usually with your mouth open, because you are very shocked or surprised: People gaped at him with wide-open mouths.
▪regard formal to look at someone or something, especially in a particular way: He regarded her steadily.
gape /ɡeɪp/
verb [intransitive] Date: 1200-1300
Language: Old Norse
Origin: gapa
1. to look at something for a long time, especially with your mouth open, because you are very surprised or shocked Language: Old Norse
Origin: gapa
SYN stare
gape at
2. (also gape open) to open widely or be wide open:
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