记忆方法
1. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => chasm (from Greek khaskein / khainein "yawn, gape").
2. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => hiatus (from Latin hiare "yawn, gape").
3. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => gap, gape, yawn.
4. gap => gape.
2. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => hiatus (from Latin hiare "yawn, gape").
3. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => gap, gape, yawn.
4. gap => gape.
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词族 · gape
中文词源
gape 张口结舌地看
来自PIE*ghai, 打呵欠，张口，词源同yawn. 引申义吃惊。
英语词源
- gape
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gape: [13] Gape and the related gap [14] are of Scandinavian origin. English borrowed the verb from Old Norse gapa ‘open the mouth’, which survives in modern Scandinavian languages as Swedish gapa and Danish gabe. Old Norse gap ‘chasm’ (source of Swedish gap ‘mouth’ and Danish gab ‘opening, open mouth’) was originally taken over by English in the specific sense ‘hole in a wall or hedge’; the broader modern range of meanings began to emerge in the 16th century.
=> gap, yawn - gape (v.)
- early 13c., from an unrecorded Old English word or else from Old Norse gapa "to open the mouth wide, gape" (see gap (n.)). Related: Gaped; gaping. As a noun, "act of opening the mouth," from 1530s.
权威例句
- 1. His secretary stopped taking notes to gape at me.
- 他的秘书停止了记录，目瞪口呆地望着我。
- 2. He looks down at the gape void at his feet.
- 他看著脚下张开的裂缝.
- 3. He must be a very strange - looking camel driver for people to gape like that.
- 他必定是个很奇怪的拉骆驼的,他想;要不然,大家为什么这样呆呆的看着他呢?
- 4. Dont gape: its rude!
- 别张著嘴傻瞪著,太不礼貌了!
- 5. Don't gape it's rude!
- 别张着嘴傻瞪着,太不礼貌了!
词语辨析
【peer, peep, gape, glance, stare, gaze, glare, glimpse】
这组词都有“看”的意思，其区别是：
peer: v.指眯起眼睛仔细看，尤指看不清楚的情况下；费力地看，凝视。
• Being somewhat short-sighted, she has the habit of peering at people. 因为有点近视，她有眯着眼睛看人的习惯。
peep: v.窥视，偷看。
• The mother peeped into the bedroom to see if her child was asleep. 母亲偷偷向卧室看了一下，看她的孩子是否睡着了。
gape: v. (张着嘴、瞪大眼睛)呆看，强调一种吃惊的状态。
• The children gaped at the big elephant in the zoo. 在动物园，孩子们张大了嘴巴呆呆地看着大象。
glance: v. (粗略地、随便地)一瞥，看一眼。
• He glanced over the letter he had just received. 他把刚收到的那封信粗略地看了一遍。
stare: v.凝视，盯着，指由于好奇、惊讶、赞叹等原因而瞪大眼睛长时间地、直接地注视，常常含有粗鲁无礼的意思。
• I told my son to stop staring at that fat woman; it wasn't nice. 我告诉儿子不要盯着那个胖女人，那样看人不礼貌。
gaze: v.凝视，注视，指由于好奇、感叹、长时间目不转睛地看。
• She gazed at her beautiful new diamond ring. 她凝视着自己的这颗美丽崭新的钻戒。
glare: v.怒目而视，强调怀有敌意或在气愤的情绪下看；眩目地照射。
• The woman glared at the man after he shouted rudely at her. 那男人粗暴地冲她大声喊叫，她也怒目而视。
glimpse: v.与glance意思相近，短促地看一眼，一瞥。
这组词都有“看”的意思，其区别是：
peer: v.指眯起眼睛仔细看，尤指看不清楚的情况下；费力地看，凝视。
• Being somewhat short-sighted, she has the habit of peering at people. 因为有点近视，她有眯着眼睛看人的习惯。
peep: v.窥视，偷看。
• The mother peeped into the bedroom to see if her child was asleep. 母亲偷偷向卧室看了一下，看她的孩子是否睡着了。
gape: v. (张着嘴、瞪大眼睛)呆看，强调一种吃惊的状态。
• The children gaped at the big elephant in the zoo. 在动物园，孩子们张大了嘴巴呆呆地看着大象。
glance: v. (粗略地、随便地)一瞥，看一眼。
• He glanced over the letter he had just received. 他把刚收到的那封信粗略地看了一遍。
stare: v.凝视，盯着，指由于好奇、惊讶、赞叹等原因而瞪大眼睛长时间地、直接地注视，常常含有粗鲁无礼的意思。
• I told my son to stop staring at that fat woman; it wasn't nice. 我告诉儿子不要盯着那个胖女人，那样看人不礼貌。
gaze: v.凝视，注视，指由于好奇、感叹、长时间目不转睛地看。
• She gazed at her beautiful new diamond ring. 她凝视着自己的这颗美丽崭新的钻戒。
glare: v.怒目而视，强调怀有敌意或在气愤的情绪下看；眩目地照射。
• The woman glared at the man after he shouted rudely at her. 那男人粗暴地冲她大声喊叫，她也怒目而视。
glimpse: v.与glance意思相近，短促地看一眼，一瞥。