WOTW: gaze
| - Tim Lake |
今週の #WOTW は ‘gaze’ です. `Gaze` is a verb and a noun with similar meanings. Have a look and find out.
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The meaning of the verb ‘gaze’ is close to look at. Gaze means to steadily look at something with purpose, admiration, suprise or thought. Here are some examples:
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- On the summer evenings, I enjoying gazing out of my window at the hills behind my house.
- We stood gazing at the painting. We both agreed it was amazing.
- He gazed at her as she walked towards him.
- I could only gaze at them in astonishiment.
- She gazed at the computer screen for hours but didn’t write a single word.
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As you can see, ‘gaze’ commonly comes with ‘at’, but sometimes ‘out’ to show direction.
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The noun of 'gaze' has almost the same meaning. It means a steady, focused look.
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- I followed their gaze to see what they were looking at.
- She met my gaze across the room and smiled.
- He looked away trying to avoid her gaze.
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発音は/ɡeɪz/です。
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この単語は、英語で最もよく使われる3,000の単語のリストであるNew General Service Listからのものです。完全なリストはこちらから。
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