单词 | onlooking |
释义 | onlookingn. The action of looking on or forward; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > looking at or beholding beholdinga1225 considerationc1386 advisementa1393 aspecta1398 especcion14.. viewc1450 contemplationc1500 looking ona1516 viewing1548 eyeing1550 perspectionc1550 theoria1590 conspection1611 onlooking1637 spectation1638 aspection1646 prospecting1677 onlook1800 spectating1942 1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies Epist. sig. A2v Their carelesse and newtrall onlooking. 1860 F. W. Faber Precious Blood (1914) iv. 166 It moulded all sanctity into an onlooking for itself. 1876 A. D. Whitney Sights & Insights II. xxx. 582 All chance..of any apprehensive onlooking into what life might be to her. 1969 Daily Tel. 22 Aug. 15/1 Just a couple of minutes' onlooking is enough to correct the first impression. 1982 A. Grossman At Shore in Of Great House i. iv. 12 Addressed the deep Unseen, In the onlooking of ancestors. 1995 M. Tomasello in C. Moore & P. J. Dunham Joint Attention vi. 108 Prior to 9 months of age adult-infant simultaneous looking is either fortuitous, a case of onlooking, a case of alternating attention, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). onlookingadj. That looks on; watching something. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [adjective] > looking at or beholding viewing1563 beholding1594 intuitive1644 onlookinga1666 contemplative1814 a1666 R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) i. 8 To live always as under thy onlooking eye. 1838 E. S. Wortley Queen Berengaria's Courtesy I. 181 Nor seek with fond onlooking gaze To make that hidden future mine! 1845 A. Symington in Ess. Christian Union viii. 489 Does not an onlooking world perceive the discrepancy? 1866 A. Webster Anniversary in Dramatic Stud. i. 73 The marvel of the onlooking heathen world! 1903 J. London Call of Wild ii. 45 This was what the onlooking huskies had waited for. 1943 Man 43 15/1 The psychological effect of this omen-rite upon the onlooking host. 1990 D. McFarland Music Room 42 We sidestepped several onlooking cops just outside Karajian's office door. 2000 D. E. Pilato Retrieval of Legacy i. 13 The tests met with ridicule from onlooking fellow employees, who taunted that ‘no woman could improve upon their methods’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1637adj.a1666 |
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