gazing

gazing — verb

  • gazingpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • gazings3rd person singular
  • gazinging-ing form
  • gazingedpast simple

1. to keep your eyes steadily fixed on someone or something for a period of time, o

1.動詞不及物B1
釋義

to keep your eyes steadily fixed on someone or something for a period of time, often because they attract, surprise, or interest you — for example, gazing at a beautiful sunset, or gazing into an old friend's face and noticing how much they have changed

例句

Mateo sat on the balcony rail, gazing at the stars above the quiet city.

gaze + at for directing attention with wonder

The old woman stood at the kitchen window, gazing into the empty street as rain fell.

同義詞
  • stare

    more intense and longer; can seem rude or unfriendly, whereas gaze suggests admiration or thought

  • look

    the general-purpose word; less intense and shorter than gaze

  • peer

    suggests trying hard to see something that is unclear or hard to make out

反義詞
  • glance

    a very quick, short look — the opposite of a long, fixed gaze

文法句型

gaze + at + noun phrase

gaze + into + noun phrase

gaze + on/upon + noun phrase

用法筆記

Intransitive verb — the person or thing being looked at is introduced by a preposition (at, into, on, upon). It is incorrect to use a direct object after 'gaze' without a preposition.

常見錯誤

❌She gazed him across the room.
✅She gazed at him across the room.
💡'gaze' is intransitive and always needs a preposition before its object.
❌I was gazing the ocean.
✅I was gazing at the ocean.
💡the object of your attention follows 'at', 'into', or 'on'.

gazing — noun