gawk

verb

/ɡɔːk/

[intransitive] (informal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they gawk	/ɡɔːk/ /ɡɔːk/
he / she / it gawks	/ɡɔːks/ /ɡɔːks/
past simple gawked	/ɡɔːkt/ /ɡɔːkt/
past participle gawked	/ɡɔːkt/ /ɡɔːkt/
-ing form gawking	/ˈɡɔːkɪŋ/ /ˈɡɔːkɪŋ/

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gawk (at somebody/something) to stare at somebody/something in a rude or stupid way无礼地瞪眼看；呆头呆脑地盯着 synonym gape
- Stop gawking like that!别那样呆头呆脑地盯着看！
- The old station master gawked in surprise as they pushed past him.当他们从老站长身边挤过去时，他惊讶地呆呆地看着。
Word Originlate 17th cent. (as a noun): perhaps related to obsolete gaw ‘to gaze’, from Old Norse gá ‘heed’.