rubberneck
英 ['r?b?nek]
美['r?b?n?k]
- n. 伸長脖子看的人；愛問長問短的人；跟著向導游覽的人
- vi. 好奇地聽；伸長脖子看
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?rubbernecks;過去式:?rubbernecked;過去分詞:?rubbernecked;現(xiàn)在分詞:?rubbernecking;名詞:?rubbernecker;
英文詞源
- rubberneck (n.)
- 1897, "person who is always listening to other people's conversation; person who gazes around him with undue curiosity," from rubber + neck (n.). Popularized with reference to sightseers in automobiles. As a verb from 1896. Related: Rubbernecking (1896); rubbernecker (1934).
雙語例句
- 1. He is a rubberneck.
- 他是個愛問長問短的人.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Don't be a rubberneck!
- 別老愛打聽別人的事!
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