rubbernecking

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident. uncountable
    — "The resulting wreckage blocks the entire southbound side of the Interstate, while the inevitable rubbernecking slows traffic on the northbound side to little more than the speed of a brisk walk."
  2. Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly. uncountable
    — The children had never been in such a large museum and their rubbernecking was rather amusing.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of rubberneck form-of,gerund,participle,present
    — "Kids all up and down the Triboro corridors are staring, I can sense it. Why are they rubbernecking, what are they staring at?"

词源

词源 1
From rubber + neck + -ing.
词源 2
From rubber + neck + -ing.
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