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A rubbernecker is the person who does that staring: someone who slows down or turns to look at a crash, a fire, or some other scene as if it were entertainment. The word is informal and American, and it shows . On a highway, rubberneckers are the drivers who crawl past an accident and make the traffic worse. At a fire or a fight in the street, they are the people with their phones out. You are not praising curiosity; you are saying the looking is . This form with -er names the person, not the act — that act is to rubberneck.
看熱鬧的人、圍觀者（尤指開車經過事故時；貶義）
組成rubberneck (the verb) + -er (a person who does that action).
同家族的字
- rubberneckthe verb this person is named from
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
rubberneckernoun/ˈrʌbəˌnɛkə/
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A person who rubbernecks; someone who cranes their neck as though it were made of rubber to see something (such as a tourist attraction) or to watch an event (such as an accident); a rubberneck.
- The minor accident caused a traffic jam as rubberneckers slowed down to get a good view of the battered cars.
- Gentlemen will leave their pocket flasks with the captain, and will limit themselves to two bunches of cigarettes each. Rubber neckers will be executed without trial. Glasses will be needed to protect the eyes from the dust, and you MUST "Keep off the grass."
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。