词汇 | navel-gazer |
释义 | navel-gazer noun[ C ] (alsonavel gazer)uk /ˈneɪ.vəlˌɡeɪ.zər/ us /ˈneɪ.vəlˌɡeɪ.zɚ/ someone who spends too much time considering their own thoughts, feelings, or problems: He is not a navel-gazer, and doesn't spend time soul-searching and asking why. The overly sentimental and commercial style of writing is satisfying to almost no one beyond the navel gazers who write it. Related word navel-gazing He is a pragmatist rather than a navel-gazer. Despite the state that had taken her over since her husband's disappearance, she was not usually a navel-gazer. No navel-gazer, he finds inspiration for stories in unusual settings around the world and throughout history. Thinking and contemplating a brown studyidiom agonize agonize over/about something beard-stroking bethink harbour heart-searching hit on/upon something I/we'll (have to) seeidiom in the cold light of dayidiom introspect navel reckon reflection reweigh rumination run through someone's mind/headidiom scratch your headidiom self-contemplation weigh |
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