| 单词 | thousand-yard stare |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthousand-yard stare thousand-yard stare n. originally U.S. a vacant or unfocused gaze into the distance (frequently used with reference to war-weary or traumatized soldiers). ΚΠ 1936 Leatherneck Nov. 63/1 From the looks of some of the fellows (you know—that 1,000 yard stare), we might be able to announce a couple of marriages in our next tete-a-tete. 1944 Marine Corps Gaz. Mar. 47/2 The story is told that after being on this small, isolated spot for several months, its occupants developed what was known as ‘the thousand yard stare’. 1991 A. Sher Indoor Boy (1992) xi. 93 Like those boys in the army who go bush-mad—the thousand-yard stare. 2006 Maclean's 6 Mar. 27/1 Pat Quinn sat at the table with a loosened tie and a thousand-yard stare, apparently weighing the pros and cons of ritual suicide. < as lemmas |
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