stare

/steə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /ster/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈster/ (ame, mw) · /steər/ (bre, ipa)

stare — verb

  • starepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • stareshe / she / it
  • staredpast simple
  • staring-ing form

1. to fix your eyes steadily on a person or thing without moving them away, keeping

1.動詞不及物A2
釋義

to fix your eyes steadily on a person or thing without moving them away, keeping your eyes wide open — often because you feel surprised, shocked, curious, or absorbed in thought

例句

Ingrid stared at the old photograph for several minutes, trying to recognise the faces.

stare + at + noun

The children stared in amazement as the magician pulled a white rabbit from his hat.

stare + in + emotion noun (amazement, shock, disbelief)

同義詞
  • gaze

    similar duration but softer tone — often suggests admiration or wonder, while stare is more intense or blank

  • gape

    implies an open mouth and stronger shock or stupidity

  • glare

    a stare with anger or hostility

  • peer

    to look closely and with effort, as if trying to see something unclear

文法句型

stare + at + noun/pronoun

stare + into + noun

stare + adverb (blankly, intently)

用法筆記

Patient is introduced by at or, for abstract directions, into (stare into the distance, stare into space). This sense is rarely used transitively except in fixed expressions like stare someone down.

常見錯誤

❌He stared me for a long time.
✅He stared at me for a long time.
💡stare is intransitive and needs the preposition at before the object.
❌I stared the beautiful sunset.
✅I stared at the beautiful sunset.
💡even for things, stare requires at.

stare — noun