“onlooking”的英英意思

单词 onlooking
释义 I. onlooking, vbl. n.|ˈɒnˌlʊkɪŋ|
[See on-1 4.]
The action of looking on.
1637Gillespie Eng. Pop. Cerem. Ep. A ij b, Their carelesse and newtrall onlooking.1876Mrs. Whitney Sights & Ins. II. xxx. 582 All chance..of any apprehensive onlooking into what life might be to her.
II. ˈonlooking, ppl. a.
[See on-1 3.]
That looks on; looking at something.
1663Blair Autobiog. i. (1848) 8 To live always as under thy onlooking eye.1845A. Symington in Ess. Chr. Union viii. 489 Does not an onlooking world perceive the discrepancy?

 

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