gawk

• n. オタク；内気な人
• vi.ぼんやりと見つめる

語源は不明。古ノルド語のga（見つめる、凝視する）に由来する可能性がある。

gawk (v.)

"stare stupidly," 1785, American English, of uncertain origin. Perhaps [Watkins] from gaw, a survival from Middle English gowen "to stare" (c. 1200), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse ga "to heed," from Proto-Germanic *gawon, from PIE *ghow-e- "to honor, revere, worship" (see favor (n.)); and altered perhaps by gawk hand (see gawky). Liberman finds this untenable and writes that its history is entangled with that of gowk "cuckoo," which is from Scandinavian, but it need not be from that word, either. Nor is French gauche (itself probably from Germanic) considered a likely source. "It is possibly another independent imitative formation with the structure g-k" (compare geek). From 1867 as a noun. Related: Gawked; gawking.

1. The youth continued to gawk at her and did not answer.

その若者は依然として彼女をぼんやり眺めていて、返事がなかった。

2.Tens of thousands came to gawk .

何千人もの人が見物に駆けつけた。

3.Don 't gawk at that pretty girl.

あのきれいな女の子をぼんやりにらんではいけない。

4.Buyer refuse gawk delivery sealed sample survey report following.

買手は商品の受け取りを拒否し、密封サンプルと検査報告書を郵送した。

5.He went on a gawk 's errand again.

彼はまた無駄なことをした。