| 单词 | look |
| 释义 | 1. using your eyes or your mind2. appearance look (lʊk ) using your eyes or your mind Word forms: looks , looking , looked 1. verb A1 If you look in a particular direction, you direct your eyes in that direction, especially so that you can see what is there or see what something is like. I looked down the hallway to room number nine. [VERB preposition/adverb] She turned to look at him. [VERB preposition/adverb] He looked away, apparently enraged. [VERB preposition/adverb] If you look, you'll see what was a lake. [VERB] Synonyms: see, view, consider, watch Look is also a noun. Lucille took a last look in the mirror. Assisi has a couple of churches that are worth a look if you have time. 2. verb A1 If you look at a book, newspaper, or magazine, you read it fairly quickly or read part of it. You've just got to look at the last bit of Act Three. [VERB + at] Look is also a noun. A quick look at Monday's British newspapers shows that there's plenty of interest in foreign news. [+ at] 3. verb B2 If someone, especially an expert, looks at something, they examine it, and then deal with it or say how it should be dealt with. Can you look at my back? I think something's wrong. [VERB + at] Look is also a noun. The car has not been running very well and a mechanic had to come over to have a look at it. [+ at] 4. verb A1 If you look at someone in a particular way, you look at them with your expression showing what you are feeling or thinking. She looked at him earnestly. 'You don't mind?' [VERB + at] Look is also a noun. He gave her a blank look, as if he had no idea who she was. Sally spun round, a feigned look of surprise on her face. [+ of] 5. verb A1 If you look for something, for example something that you have lost, you try to find it. I'm looking for a child. I believe your husband can help me find her. [VERB + for] I had gone to Maine looking for a place to work. [VERB + for] I looked everywhere for ideas. [V prep/adv + for] Have you looked on the piano? [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: search, seek, hunt, forage Look is also a noun. Go and have another look. 6. verb A1 If you are looking for something such as the solution to a problem or a new method, you want it and are trying to obtain it or think of it. The working group will be looking for practical solutions to the problems faced by doctors. [VERB + for] He's looking for a way out from this conflict. [VERB for noun] 7. verb B2 If you look at a subject, problem, or situation, you think about it or study it, so that you know all about it and can perhaps consider what should be done in relation to it. Next term we'll be looking at the Second World War period. [VERB + at] He visited Florida a few years ago looking at the potential of the area to stage a big match. [VERB + at] Synonyms: consider, contemplate, study, l%k [text messaging] Look is also a noun. A close look at the statistics reveals a troubling picture. [+ at] 8. verb B1+ If you look at a person, situation, or subject from a particular point of view, you judge them or consider them from that point of view. Brian had learned to look at her with new respect. [VERB + at] It depends how you look at it. [VERB + at] 9. convention B2 You say look when you want someone to pay attention to you because you are going to say something important. Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. Now, look, here is how things stand. 10. verb B1+ You can use look to draw attention to a particular situation, person, or thing, for example because you find it very surprising, significant, or annoying. Hey, look at the time! We'll talk about it tonight. All right? [VERB + at] I mean, look at how many people watch television and how few read books. [VERB at noun] Look what a mess you've made of your life. [VERB wh] 11. verb B2 If something such as a building or window looks somewhere, it has a view of a particular place. The castle looks over private parkland. [VERB preposition] Each front door looks across a narrow alley to the front door opposite. [VERB preposition] Look out means the same as look1. Nine windows looked out over the sculpture gardens. [VERB PARTICLE preposition] We sit on the terrace, which looks out on the sea. [VERB PARTICLE preposition] 12. verb If you are looking to do something, you are aiming to do it. We're not looking to make a fortune. [VERB to-infinitive] ...young mums looking to get fit after having kids. [VERB to-infinitive] Synonyms: hope, expect, await, anticipate 13. never looked back phrase If you say that someone did something and then never looked back, you mean that they were very successful from that time on. [mainly British] I went freelance when my son Adam was born, and have never looked back. 14. to look someone in the eye phrase [VERB inflects] B2 If you look someone in the eye or look them in the face, you look straight at their eyes in a bold and open way, for example in order to make them realize that you are telling the truth. He could not look her in the eye. 15. to look the other way phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone looks the other way, you are critical of them because they pay no attention to something unpleasant that is happening, when they should be dealing with it properly. [disapproval] 16. look here convention You say look here when you are going to say something important to someone, especially when you are angry at what they have done or said. [feelings] Now look here, Tim, there really is no need for that kind of reaction. 17. look out exclamation B1+ If you say or shout 'look out!' to someone, you are warning them that they are in danger. 'Look out!' somebody shouted, as the truck started to roll toward the sea. 18. look sb up and down phrase [VERB inflects] If someone looks you up and down, they direct their eyes from your head to your feet, in a rude and superior way and often as though they disapprove of you. The students looked me up and down as though I were a Martian. 19. to look down your nose at someone phrase If you say that someone looks down their nose at something or someone, you mean that they believe they are superior to that person or thing and treat them with disrespect. [disapproval] I don't look down my nose at comedy. They rather looked down their noses at anyone who couldn't speak French. Phrasal verbs: look after 1. phrasal verb A2 If you look after someone or something, you do what is necessary to keep them healthy, safe, or in good condition. I love looking after the children. [VERB PARTICLE noun] People don't look after other people's property in the same way as they look after their own. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you look after something, you are responsible for it and deal with it or make sure it is all right, especially because it is your job to do so. ...the farm manager who looks after the day-to-day organization. [VERB PARTICLE noun] We'll help you look after your finances. [VERB PARTICLE noun] look ahead phrasal verb B2 If you look ahead, you think about what is going to happen in the future and perhaps make plans for the future. I'm trying to look ahead at what might happen and be ready to handle it. [VERB PARTICLE] look around regional note: in BRIT, also use look round phrasal verb B1 If you look around or look round a building or place, you walk round it and look at the different parts of it. We went to look round the show homes. [VERB PARTICLE noun] I'm going to look around and see what I can find. [VERB PARTICLE] look back phrasal verb B2 If you look back, you think about things that happened in the past. Looking back, I am staggered how easily it was all arranged. [VERB PARTICLE] look down on phrasal verb B2 To look down on someone means to consider that person to be inferior or unimportant, usually when this is not true. I wasn't successful, so they looked down on me. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] look forward to 1. phrasal verb B1 If you look forward to something that is going to happen, you want it to happen because you think you will enjoy it. He was looking forward to working with the new Prime Minister. [V P P v-ing/n] 2. phrasal verb B1+ If you say that someone is looking forward to something useful or positive, you mean they expect it to happen. Motor traders are looking forward to a further increase in vehicle sales. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] Phrasal verbs: look in phrasal verb If you look in on a person or place, you visit them for a short time, usually when you are on your way somewhere else. I looked in on Louisa. She was sleeping. [V P on n] look into phrasal verb B2 If a person or organization is looking into a possible course of action, a problem, or a situation, they are finding out about it and examining the facts relating to it. He had once looked into buying his own island off Nova Scotia. [V P v-ing/n] It should also look into the possibilities of wind-generated electricity. [V P -ing/n] look on phrasal verb If you look on while something happens, you watch it happening without taking part yourself. About 150 local people looked on in silence as the two coffins were taken into the church. [VERB PARTICLE] look on phrasal verb If you look on or look upon someone or something in a particular way, you think of them in that way. A lot of people looked on him as a healer. [V P n + as] A lot of people look on it like that. [V P n prep/adv] Employers look favourably on applicants who have work experience. [VERB PARTICLE noun] => look out look out for 1. phrasal verb B2 If you look out for something, you pay attention to things so that you notice it if or when it occurs. Look out for special deals. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] What are the symptoms to look out for? [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you look out for someone, you make sure that they have all the advantages that they can. I'm just trying to look out for you. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] I felt that I had to look out for myself, because I didn't see that anyone else was going to. [V P P pron-refl] look over phrasal verb If you look something over, you examine it quite quickly in order to get a general idea of what it is like. They presented their draft to the president, who looked it over, nodded and signed it. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He could have looked over the papers in less than ten minutes. [VERB PARTICLE noun] look round look around look through 1. phrasal verb B2 If you look through a group of things, you examine each one so that you can find or choose the one that you want. Peter starts looking through the mail as soon as the door shuts. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb B2 If you look through something that has been written or printed, you read it. He happened to be looking through the medical book 'Gray's Anatomy' at the time. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb If you say that someone looks through another person, you mean that they look at that person without seeming to see them or recognize them, for example because they are angry with them or are thinking deeply about something else. look to 1. phrasal verb If you look to someone or something for a particular thing that you want, you expect or hope that they will provide it. We look to others for support, for example in online groups. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you look to something that will happen in the future, you think about it. As an organisation we are looking to the future. [VERB PARTICLE noun] look up 1. phrasal verb B1+ If you look up a fact or a piece of information, you find it out by looking in something such as a reference book or a list. I looked your address up in the personnel file. [VERB noun PARTICLE] Many people have to look up the meaning of this word in the dictionary. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 2. phrasal verb If you look someone up, you visit them after not having seen them for a long time. I'll try to look him up, ask him a few questions. [VERB noun PARTICLE] She looked up some friends of bygone years. [VERB PARTICLE noun] 3. phrasal verb [usually cont] If a situation is looking up, it is improving. [informal] Things could be looking up in the computer industry. [VERB PARTICLE] look upon look on look up to phrasal verb B2 If you look up to someone, especially someone older than you, you respect and admire them. You're a popular girl, Grace, and a lot of the younger ones look up to you. [VERB PARTICLE PARTICLE noun] look (lʊk ) appearance Word forms: looks , looking , looked 1. link verb A2 You use look when describing the appearance of a person or thing or the impression that they give. Sheila was looking miserable. [VERB adjective] I shall use the money to make my home look lovely. [VERB adjective] You don't look 15 years old. [VERB adjective] He does not look the most reliable of animals. [VERB noun] They look like stars to the naked eye. [V + like] He looked as if he was going to smile. [V + as if] Everybody in the club looked to be fourteen years old. [VERB to-infinitive] Synonyms: seem, appear, display, seem to be -looking combining form She was a very peculiar-looking woman. 2. singular noun B2 If someone or something has a particular look, they have a particular appearance or expression. She had the look of someone deserted and betrayed. When he came to decorate the kitchen, Kenneth opted for a friendly rustic look. To soften a formal look, Caroline recommends ethnic blouses. Synonyms: appearance, effect, bearing, face 3. plural noun When you refer to someone's looks, you are referring to how beautiful or ugly they are, especially how beautiful they are. I never chose people just because of their looks. ...a young woman with wholesome good looks. 4. link verb B1+ You use look when indicating what you think will happen in the future or how a situation seems to you. He had lots of time to think about the future, and it didn't look good. [VERB adjective] Britain looks set to send a major force of over 100 tanks and supporting equipment. [VERB adjective] So far it looks like Warner Brothers' gamble is paying off. [V like/as if] The Europeans had hoped to win, and, indeed, had looked like winning. [V like v-ing] The team had stormed into a two-goal lead and looked to be cruising to a third round place. [VERB to-infinitive] 5. by the look of/by the looks of phrase You use expressions such as by the look of her and by the looks of it when you want to indicate that you are giving an opinion based on the appearance of someone or something. He was not a well man by the look of him. By the look of things, Mr Stone and company will stay busy. 6. not like the look of sth/sb phrase If you don't like the look of something or someone, you feel that they may be dangerous or cause problems. I don't like the look of those clouds. 7. what sb/sth looks like phrase B1 If you ask what someone or something looks like, you are asking for a description of them. Quotations: Look before you leap Idioms: look a gift horse in the mouth to find faults or difficulties when someone offers you a gift or opportunity When you're an entrepreneur, you don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone cannot look someone in the face said to mean that someone is too ashamed or embarrassed by something that they have done to look at someone else directly Why did I do that? I can't ever look her in the face again. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look someone in the face to look at someone directly in order to convince them that what you are saying is true, even though you may be lying He looked me in the face again and repeated, `I swear to you that it wasn't me.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look someone in the eye to look at someone directly in order to convince them that what you are saying is true, even though you may be lying. He looked me straight in the eye and said `Paul, I will never lie to you.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look to your laurels to work hard or think seriously about what you are doing, in order to make sure that you continue to be successful The City of London maintains a dominant role, but it must now look to its laurels. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look a million dollars to look extremely attractive and well-dressed Every couple wants to look a million dollars on their wedding day. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look like death warmed up [British] or look like death warmed over to look very ill, pale, and tired You were looking like death warmed up, but you seem a lot better now. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look daggers at someone [literary] to stare at someone in a very angry way He looked daggers at Mary as if it had all been her fault. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look what the cat's dragged in said when someone arrives to express your dislike or disapproval of them, or as a light-hearted way of greeting them In strolls Babs. `Now look what the cat's dragged in,' says Jeanie, with a nod. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look like something the cat dragged in to look very untidy Sometimes you walk into a shop and the sales assistants look at you like you're something the cat dragged in. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look down your nose at someone or something to regard a thing or person as inferior and treat them with scorn or disrespect The minister and his intellectual friends still look down their noses at Disneyland and the American soap operas such as Santa Barbara. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look after number one or look out for number one to selfishly put your own needs and interests before everyone else's My priority is to look after number one – to create a lifestyle I am happy with. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look the part to dress or behave in the way that is characteristic of a particular kind of person You look the part of an English gentleman, so he is half ready to believe you as soon as you meet. [mainly British] to seem impressive I don't know what it's like to drive but it certainly looks the part. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look like a drowned rat to be very wet, for example because you have been caught in the rain or because your hair is wet By the time I got there I looked like a drowned rat. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers give someone a dirty look or give someone a filthy look to look at someone in a way that shows that you are very angry about something Tony was being a real pain. Michael gave him a dirty look and walked out of the kitchen. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look on the bright side to try to be cheerful about a bad situation by concentrating on the few good things in it or by thinking about how it could have been even worse I tried to look on the bright side, to be grateful that I was healthy. I didn't talk to other people at all about my disastrous relationship with my boyfriend. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look a sight [mainly British, informal] to look untidy, ridiculous, etc. By the time we got to the restaurant, I was soaking wet and I must have looked a sight. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look at something through rose-tinted spectacles to notice only the good things about a situation, so that your opinion is unrealistic He accused diplomats of looking at the world through rose-tinted spectacles. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers look the other way to deliberately ignore something unpleasant, immoral, or illegal that is happening when you should be trying to deal with it or stop it from happening Stolen goods are sold unashamedly in broad daylight but you tend to look the other way and mind your own business. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: have a look I had a quick look at the listings. Times, Sunday Times (2010) If not, get your practice nurse to have a look. The Sun (2013) So his mum took him to a bridge to have a look. Times, Sunday Times (2014) We need to have a long, hard look at ourselves and come out fighting. The Sun (2016) The referee should have another good long look at it. The Sun (2014) The company said yesterday that it had taken a long hard look at its structure and composition. Times, Sunday Times (2011) By rights, she should look a fool, so there must be something in this muse malarkey, because instead it looks cool as. Times, Sunday Times I hate to say that before because you look a fool when it doesn't happen. The Sun He's learned a hard lesson and been made to feel and look a fool. The Sun I know life's too short and all that, but seriously, you'd look a fool. Times, Sunday Times He had made himself look a fool - and even more so when he launched an abortive private war of revenge a few years later. Times, Sunday Times The pieces are so sharply designed that they make the average home look a mess. Times, Sunday Times And it came with a mountain of rocket soused in balsamic vinegar, so it looked a mess and made me feel daunted and inadequate. Times, Sunday Times But if we looked a mess, then he'd have something to say. Times, Sunday Times Some of the branches have gone grey and the whole thing looks a mess. Times, Sunday Times It isn't flamboyant enough and her hair looks a mess. The Sun Readers debating going down the private education route may care to look away now. Times, Sunday Times (2006) It was the pause afterwards, the hasty eye contact and hastier looking away about which she didn't tell her father. Times, Sunday Times (2018) By way of reply, Dempsey looked away from him, his head bobbing uneasily on his neck. COLDHEART CANYON (2001) It was me who looked away and walked out into the cool night air towards the lively noise of chatter and a jazz band. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He watched her concernedly, looking away as soon as she felt his eyes on her. THE WHITE DOVE I was left with silky smooth hair and even my split ends looked better. The Sun (2017) Everton, man-for-man and in terms of form, look better. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Not trowelling it on keeps your skin looking better for longer, because it gets a chance to breathe. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Six in ten reckon the quality of their shuteye makes them look better. The Sun (2018) Most agreed she looked better undoctored. The Sun (2017) It will be looking directly at you where your favourite food is cooked. The Sun (2016) His tool is neuromarketing - or looking directly into our brains - a practice that has hitherto been viewed as bordering on the unethical. Times, Sunday Times (2008) You can look directly through the ozone hole and take incredible measurements over the long term. Times, Sunday Times (2016) If you want a barrel of laughs, look elsewhere. The Sun (2006) That leaves students looking elsewhere for a home away from home. Times, Sunday Times (2017) But the two sides have been unable to agree a price, leaving the club to look elsewhere. The Sun (2016) Jahdo frankly stared until one of the axemen glanced his way with a scowl, frightening him into looking elsewhere. A TIME OF WAR There was no equivocation in his stare; no attempt to pretend he was looking elsewhere. COLDHEART CANYON (2001) If this keeps up, we're all going to look exactly like the neighbours. Times, Sunday Times And the car of the future won't look exactly like this one. Times, Sunday Times Remember to include this one (right), but only count kennels that look exactly like this. Times, Sunday Times The pair — who live just half a mile apart — look exactly like each other. The Sun Many of those leaving messages seem to be embroiled in a fitness drive to look exactly like them. Times, Sunday Times Other governments are looking hard at their own rescue operations. Times, Sunday Times (2008) But you will still be able to get something if you look hard enough and make some compromises. The Sun (2014) Abbot looked hard at him, then with an effort brought himself down below boiling point. POLITICAL SUICIDE (2002) Despite the calamities of commerce, the country still possessed its sacred places if a traveler looked hard and carefully enough. SACRAMENT (2001) He looked hard into ET's eyes, trying to calculate the mood. THE TOUCH OF INNOCENTS (2001) I could look in the mirror without fear. Times, Sunday Times Universities would do well to look in the mirror rather than blaming the hand that feeds. Times,Sunday Times I always used to look in the mirror and check my appearance. Times, Sunday Times I look in the mirror and realise there are people worse off than me. The Sun When the bandages were removed, he found the results too distressing even to look in the mirror. Times, Sunday Times Magnetic resonance imaging allows us to look inside living, maturing teenage brains, and the results are striking. Times, Sunday Times (2009) With a critical eye, look inside, it's time for your workwear appraisal. Times, Sunday Times (2013) He tried to look inside himself to see if he had the strength, the staying power, but he quickly gave up the search. THE ONLY GAME (2001) But who'll look inside one wine cask among thousands, and if they do, what will our mark tell them? THREE IN ONE Coming home only to drop off some money for food and give me a bag of his washing, he'd look nervously around before leaving again. Times, Sunday Times I look nervously around the playground for my helicopter. Times, Sunday Times Publishers also look nervously at the experience of the music and video industries. Times, Sunday Times Bankers look nervously at their portfolios of consumer debt and mortgages. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There may be no need for the present incumbent to be looking nervously over his shoulder after this. The Sun And the playful prints, ditzy designs and sculpted shapes look sure to be a massive hit. The Sun Yet they look sure to be denied this opportunity by an old-fashioned football system which isn't working. The Sun The club are about 13 million in debt and look sure to fold by the summer without significant investment. Times, Sunday Times Backers and layers look sure to collide at that price. The Sun Austerity programmes look sure to lengthen and deepen their recessions, so deeper recessions may well send their debt totals rising rather than falling. Times, Sunday Times Graham sat down on the nearest banquette, a puzzled look on his face. ALASTAIR MCLEAN'S 'NIGHT WATCH' She gave him a puzzled look. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Returning to the kitchen to complain, the chef greeted me with a genuinely puzzled look. canada.com (2012) He said it loudly enough that the opposing manager heard and gave him a strange look. Times, Sunday Times There they all were, standing on the platform's edge with a strange look in their eyes. Times, Sunday Times He gave a rather strange look to the rest of us. Globe and Mail She thought this guy was giving her strange looks and just lost it. The Sun Just don't use it in public in case you get some strange looks... The Sun It's very reassuring every couple of weeks to take a look at it. Times, Sunday Times Take a look at these other strange drinks that made it into the shops ... Times, Sunday Times In the run-up to the election, we take a look at the best addresses in and around the marginal constituencies. Times, Sunday Times Take a look at the tax code on your most recent pay slip. Times, Sunday Times If that sounds harsh or flippant, just take a look at the discographies of rock's most enduringly successful acts. Times, Sunday Times Yet in a game becoming supersized, the future looked marginally more modest. Times, Sunday Times (2015) But whether you opt for old or new, it seems the future is looking bright for the dark and poky terrace. Times, Sunday Times (2014) In spite of that, its future looked uncertain in the wake of the referendum. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Translations: Chinese: 瞥, 看, 看起来 Japanese: 目つき, 見る, ･･･のように見える |
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