"The House of Silk" からの引用です。
Carstairs flinched when he heard this. His wife was regarding him curiously.
"regarding" ではつい "in regard to" を連想してしまいますが、ここでは明らかに "regard" の動詞としての意味ですね。辞書で "regard" の意味を確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Gaze at steadily in a specified fashion.: Professor Ryker regarded him with a faint smile.
・Collins Dictionary: If you regard someone in a certain way, you look at them in that way.: She regarded him curiously for a moment.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to look carefully at something or someone: The bird regarded me with suspicion as I walked up to its nest.
Carstairs flinched when he heard this. His wife was regarding him curiously.
"regarding" ではつい "in regard to" を連想してしまいますが、ここでは明らかに "regard" の動詞としての意味ですね。辞書で "regard" の意味を確認します。
・Oxford English Dictionary: Gaze at steadily in a specified fashion.: Professor Ryker regarded him with a faint smile.
・Collins Dictionary: If you regard someone in a certain way, you look at them in that way.: She regarded him curiously for a moment.
・Cambridge English Dictionary: to look carefully at something or someone: The bird regarded me with suspicion as I walked up to its nest.