Word · Frequency #23358
gawping
呆头呆脑地凝视；傻看
gawping is the present participle of gawp.
look at someone or something in a stupid or amazed way
- 1.
v look with amazement; look stupidly
呆头呆脑地凝视；呆人；笨蛋
呆头呆脑地凝视
In use
Tourists stood on the bridge, gawping at the huge waterfall.
Please don't just gawp at the screen; tell me what you see.
He gawped at the price tag and put the item back.
gawp at sb/sth
常与 at 连用，表示因惊讶或发愣而盯着看。
The tourists gawped at the street performers.
游客们目瞪口呆地盯着街头艺人。
gawp in/with wonder
in/with 后接表示情绪的名词，如 wonder、amazement、disbelief。
He stood gawping in wonder at the fireworks.
他站在那里，惊叹地望着烟花。
stand around gawping
stand around 强调无所事事地站着，gawping 表示痴呆地看着。
They just stood around gawping at the mess.
他们只是站在旁边傻看着这一片狼藉。
Verb forms
base gawp · third person gawps · -ing gawping · past gawped · past participle gawped
常与 at 连用。
Common mistakes
She gawped the strange man all day.She gawped at the strange man all day.
gawp 是不及物动词，不能直接跟宾语；表示“盯着某人/某物看”时，需要在宾语前加介词 at。
He is gawp.He is a gawp.
gawp 作名词时是可数名词，意为“呆子”，前面需要加冠词 a；不能像形容词一样直接用作表语。
Connections
Collocations
- gawp at
- 呆看；傻乎乎地盯着
- Tourists gawped at the street performers.游客们傻乎乎地盯着街头艺人看。
- gawp in amazement
- 惊愕地呆看
- We stood gawping in amazement at the huge wave.我们站在那里，目瞪口呆地看着巨浪。
- stand gawping
- 站着傻看
- Don't just stand there gawping—help me!别光站着傻看——帮帮我！
- gawp open-mouthed
- 张着嘴发呆地看
- The children gawped open-mouthed at the magician.孩子们张着嘴发呆地看着魔术师。
- gawp at the screen
- 盯着屏幕发呆
- He spent the whole evening gawping at the screen.他整个晚上都在盯着屏幕发呆。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
gawp和gawk形近，都表示傻傻地瞪眼看；想象呆看时嘴巴微张、眼神发直的样子。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：与朋友聊天时、在社交媒体留言、在街头围观时 gawp 是典型的口语词，多用于非正式场合，常带‘发呆地、傻乎乎地盯着看’的诙谐或贬义色彩。正式写作或学术语境中很少用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有常用单词与 /gɒ:p/ 完全押韵；拼写上相似的 gape /geɪp/ 和 gawk /gɔːk/ 发音都不同，注意不要按拼写类推。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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