stare
verb /steə(r)/
  /ster/
[intransitive]动词形式
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they stare |  /steə(r)/  /ster/ | 
| he / she / it stares |  /steəz/  /sterz/ | 
| past simple stared |  /steəd/  /sterd/ | 
| past participle stared |  /steəd/  /sterd/ | 
| -ing form staring |  /ˈsteərɪŋ/  /ˈsterɪŋ/ | 
- to look at somebody/something for a long time盯着看;凝视;注视 - I screamed and everyone stared.我尖叫一声,众人都盯着我看。 
-  stare at somebody/something I stared blankly at the paper in front of me.我茫然地看着面前那张纸。 
-  stare up/down at somebody/something They stared up at the hole in the ceiling.他们抬头盯着天花板上的洞。 
- He sat staring into space (= looking at nothing).他坐在那儿凝视着前方。 
- I was staring into her beautiful blue eyes.我凝视着她美丽的蓝眼睛。 
- She looked at them with dark staring eyes.她那双深色的眼睛专注地看着他们。 
 Synonyms starestare- gaze
- peer
- glare
 - stare to look at somebody/something for a long time, especially with surprise or fear, or because you are thinking:- I screamed and everyone stared.我尖叫一声,众人都盯着我看。 
 
- I screamed and everyone stared.
- gaze (rather formal) to look steadily at somebody/something for a long time, especially with surprise or love, or because you are thinking:尤指吃惊、爱恋或深思地凝视、注视、盯着: - We all gazed at Marco in amazement.我们都惊异地注视着马可。 
 
- We all gazed at Marco in amazement.
- peer to look closely or carefully at something, especially when you cannot see it clearly尤指看不清楚时仔细看、端详 
- glare to look angrily at somebody/something for a long time:- I looked at her and she glared stonily back.我看了她一眼,她便冷冷地回瞪我。 
 
- I looked at her and she glared stonily back.
 - to stare/gaze/peer/glare at somebody/something
- to stare/gaze/peer/glare suspiciously
- to stare/gaze/peer anxiously/intently
- to stare/gaze/glare wildly/fiercely
 - Everyone in the room turned to stare at her.屋里的每个人都转过来盯着她。 
- For a long moment they just stared at each other.有很长一段时间他们只是相互盯着对方看。 
- They were staring intently at a computer screen.他们目不转睛地盯着电脑屏幕。 
- He'd wait there all day, staring out the window.他会在那里等一整天,盯着窗外。 
- He just stared at her with disbelief.他只是怔怔地看着她,不敢相信。 
- He stared at me bleakly and said nothing.他阴郁地盯着我,什么也没说。 
- He stared straight ahead and did not move.他直勾勾地盯着前方,一动不动。 
- He was still staring at himself in the mirror.他还在盯着镜中的自己。 
- His party was staring into the abyss.他的政党正面临无尽的深渊。 
- I could see a man staring at me intently.我能看到有个男人正专注地盯着我看。 
- I sat staring at the ruins of the building.我呆呆地坐着,盯着大楼的废墟。 
- I stared at him open-mouthed, unable to speak.我目瞪口呆地盯着他,一句话也说不出来。 
- I stared in horror at his bloody mouth.我恐惧地瞪着他血淋淋的嘴巴。 
- It was too cold to stand and stare.太冷了,不能傻站着。 
- She could only stare at him with pain in her eyes.她只能定定地看着他,眼里满是痛苦。 
- She stalked off, leaving them all staring after her.她昂首阔步地走了,剩下他们目不转睛地盯着她的背影。 
- She stared at him stonily as he came in.他进来时她冷冷地盯了他一眼。 
- She stared back at him.她也盯着他作为回应。 
- She stared blankly at the brick wall in front of her.她面无表情地盯着面前的砖墙。 
- She was just sitting there, staring into space.她只是坐在那儿,瞪着眼睛发呆。 
- He sat for hours just staring into space.他坐了几个小时,茫然地凝视着前方。 
- 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。 
- The builder stared up at the crack in the ceiling with a thoughtful expression.建筑工人带着深思的表情盯着天花板上的裂缝。 
- The passengers stared wide-eyed as the hijacker took out a grenade.劫机者掏出手榴弹时,乘客们瞪大了眼睛。 
 Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fixedly
- hard
- intently
- …
 - seem to
- continue to
- turn to
- …
 - at
- across
- around
- …
 - sit staring
- stand staring
- sit and stare
- …
 词源Old English starian, of Germanic origin, from a base meaning ‘be rigid’.
- I screamed and everyone stared.
Idioms 
be staring somebody in the face 
- used to describe something that you have failed to see, even though it was obvious and should have been easy to see明摆着;显而易见 - The answer was staring us in the face but we never saw it until it was too late.答案就在眼前,但我们从未看到,直到为时已晚。 
 
- The answer was staring us in the face but we never saw it until it was too late.
- to be certain to happen必定发生 - Defeat was staring them in the face.他们必遭失败。 
 
- Defeat was staring them in the face.
be staring something in the face 
- to be unable to avoid something不可避免 - They were staring defeat in the face.对他们来说,失败不可避免。 
 
- They were staring defeat in the face.