rubbernecking

v. <美俚>(好奇的)伸长脖子看(或听)的人, 观光客, 好奇者( rubberneck的现在分词 )

发音

US /ˈɹʊbɚˌnɛkɪŋ/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.

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  2. 2.

    Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.

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    The children had never been in such a large museum and their rubbernecking was rather amusing.

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of rubberneck

词汇关系

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同义词 1

上位词 2

词源

From rubber + neck + -ing.

来源:wiktionary