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.
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1.
The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident.
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2.
Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly.
不可数The children had never been in such a large museum and their rubbernecking was rather amusing.
v.
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1.
present participle and gerund of rubberneck
词汇关系
同义词 1
上位词 2
词源
From rubber + neck + -ing.
来源:wiktionary