| 单词 | looked-up-to |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslooked-up-to looked-up-to n. and adj. (a) n.(with the) a person who is respected or admired; (also with plural agreement) such people as a class (now rare); (b) adj. respected, admired. ΚΠ 1832 N.-Y. Mirror 26 Jan. 236/1 A good-looking, smooth-faced, self-sufficient, young gentleman, the leader, the looked-up-to of the society. 1876 City-road Mag. Sept. 422/2 What wonder then that..the most trusted and looked-up to leaders of the Body, should manifest a strong repugnance to an alteration so large and so important. 1903 M. B. Betham-Edwards Humble Lover v. 54 Abroad he was the oracle, the teacher, the looked-up-to upon every occasion. 1984 P. Fitzgerald Charlotte Mew i. 18 Henry, four years older than Charlotte, at a time of life when four years make the most difference, was the looked-up-to elder brother. 2010 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 7 Aug. a1 He's just a very looked-up-to figure in all of the downtown crowd. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。