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rubberneck

/ruhb-er-nek/US // ˈrʌb ərˌnɛk //UK // (ˈrʌbəˌnɛk) slang //

橡皮人,橡皮筋,橡皮泥,橡皮擦

Related Words

glare耀眼的光芒,眩光,刺眼的光芒,耀眼的目光look样子,脸色,貌似,貌goggle眼罩,护目镜,眼镜,目镜focus焦点,关注,重点,焦点问题gawk瞠目结舌,瞪大眼睛,目不转睛,呆呆地看着gaze凝视,凝视着,凝望,注视着ogle流览,流眄,流连忘返,流眄眄peer同龄人,同行,同级别的,同伴eye眼睛,眼,眼球,眼部eyeball眼球,眼珠子,眼睛,眼珠rivet铆钉,铆接,铆合,铆焊eagle eye鹰眼,虎视眈眈,鹰眼看世界,鹰眼看人lay eyes on瞻仰,瞩望,瞅着,审视

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to look about or stare with great curiosity, as by craning the neck or turning the head.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to gawk at: The tieup was due to drivers rubbernecking an accident.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Also rub·ber·neck·er.

    • : a sightseer; tourist.
    • : an extremely curious person.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbstare
Synonyms
eye眼睛,眼,眼球,眼部eyeball眼球,眼珠子,眼睛,眼珠focus焦点,关注,重点,焦点问题gawk瞠目结舌,瞪大眼睛,目不转睛,呆呆地看着gaze凝视,凝视着,凝望,注视着glare耀眼的光芒,眩光,刺眼的光芒,耀眼的目光goggle眼罩,护目镜,眼镜,目镜look样子,脸色,貌似,貌ogle流览,流眄,流连忘返,流眄眄peer同龄人,同行,同级别的,同伴rivet铆钉,铆接,铆合,铆焊eagle eye鹰眼,虎视眈眈,鹰眼看世界,鹰眼看人lay eyes on瞻仰,瞩望,瞅着,审视

Examples

  • The most popular slang expression of the day is "to rubberneck," or, more concisely, "to rubber."

  • Women ought to have everything they own fastened to them with rubberneck elastics.

  • A detective saw you on the Rubberneck up at Central Park and 'phoned down to take you in.

  • And now in the broad, quiet avenue in front of the Rubberneck car a man in dark clothes stood with uplifted hand.

  • To show general scorn, the bird revolved on one claw round and round his swing; he looked dangerous, repeating, "Rubberneck."

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