gaze: [14] Gaze is probably of Scandinavian origin, although its precise antecedents have never been pinned down. Swedish has a dialect verb gasa ‘gape, stare’, which may be related, and it could be connected in some way with Old Norse gá ‘heed’, source of a Middle English verb gaw ‘gape, stare’, which may lie behind modern English gawk [18].
These suggestions fit semantically, for the earliest use of gaze in English was in the sense ‘gawp, stare’; only gradually was this over-taken by the politer ‘look intently’. Gazebo [18] probably originated as a ‘humorous’ quasi-Latin coinage based on gaze, using the Latin first person singular future suffix -ēbō, as if gazebo meant ‘I shall gaze’. => gazebo
gaze (v.)
late 14c., gasen, gazen, "to stare, look steadily and intently," probably of Scandinavian origin (compare Norwegian, Swedish dialectal gasa "to gape"), perhaps related somehow to Old Norse ga "heed" (see gawk). Related: Gazed; gazing; gazer; gazee; gazeful; gazement.
gaze (n.)
1540s, "thing stared at;" 1560s as "long look," from gaze (v.). Gaze-hound (1560s) was an old name for a dog that follows prey by sight, not scent.
雙語例句
1. Gail was silent for a moment, regarding Harry with his steady gaze.
蓋爾鎮定地注視著哈里，沉默了片刻。
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2. I felt so self-conscious under Luke's mother's intense gaze.
在盧克母親審視的目光下，我感到極不自在。
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3. The interior was shielded from the curious gaze of passersby.
屋子內部被擋住了，以防路人好奇地張望。
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4. She felt increasingly uncomfortable under the woman's steady gaze.
那個女人一直盯著她看，讓她覺得愈發不自在了。
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5. The Monsignor turned his gaze from the flames to meet the Colonel's.