"fool, simpleton," 1825, perhaps from gawp (v.) "to yawn, gape" (as in astonishment), which is attested from 1680s, a dialectal survival of galp (c. 1300), which is related to yelp or gape and perhaps confused with or influenced by gawk.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Thorpe could only stand and gawp.
索普只是站著傻看。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. At weekends the roads are jammed with holidaymakers coming to gawp at the parade.
周末的時(shí)候，公路上便擠滿了前來(lái)觀看游行的度假游客。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. It commemorates a trek more gruelling than the tourists who gawp at it can imagine.