• vi. 凝視，盯著看；顯眼
• vt. 凝視，盯著看
• n. 凝視；注視
• n. (Stare)人名；(瑞典)斯塔勒

來自古英語 starian,凝視，目不轉(zhuǎn)睛，來自 Proto-Germanic*staren,僵硬，變直，來自 PIE*ster, 僵的，硬的，固定的，詞源同 stark,startle,sterile.

stare

stare: [OE] The etymological notion underlying stare is of ‘fixity’ or ‘rigidity’. It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *star-, *ster- ‘be rigid’, which also produced English starch [15], stark [OE], starve (originally ‘be stiff’, hence ‘die’), stern ‘severe’, and stork (etymologically the ‘stiff’-legged bird). Thus to stare is to ‘look fixedly’. (Greek stereós ‘solid’, source of English stereo, came from the same Indo-European base as produced *ster-.)
=> starch, stark, starve, stereo, stern, stork

stare (v.)

Old English starian "to stare, gaze, look fixedly at," from Proto-Germanic *staren "be rigid" (cognates: Old Norse stara, Middle Low German and Middle Dutch staren, Old High German staren, German starren "to stare at;" German starren "to stiffen," starr "stiff;" Old Norse storr "proud;" Old High German storren "to stand out, project;" Gothic andstaurran "to be obstinate"), from PIE root *ster- (1) "strong, firm, stiff, rigid" (see stereo- and compare torpor).

Not originally implying rudeness. To stare (someone) down is from 1848. Related: Stared; staring.

stare (n.2)

"starling," from Old English (see starling).

stare (n.1)

late 14c., "power of sight," from stare (v.). From c. 1700 as "a fixed gaze."

1. With a glazed stare she revived for one last instant.

她最后清醒了一會兒，眼神呆滯。

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2. He fixes you with a piercing stare.

他用銳利的目光盯住你。

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3. Henry gave Paul a glassy-eyed stare.

亨利木然地盯著保羅。

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4. Alberg gave him a bleak stare.

阿爾伯格沮喪地凝視著他。

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5. The people there, quite raggedy, stare at us.

那里的人們，穿得很邋遢，盯著我們看。

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