单词 | looks like |
释义 | > as lemmas(it) looks like (c) colloquial. (it) looks like. extracted from lookv. (i) Chiefly followed by it: it appears to be the case; it seems likely. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > be likely [phrase] as (it) is likely1395 it is likely1395 it is odds (that, but)1589 (the) odds are1697 looks like?1746 ?1746 T. Sheridan Brave Irishman i. ii. 11 Capt. May be he has a mind to put the Front upon me. Cheat. It looks like it, very like it, Captain. 1825 ‘E. Hardcastle’ 29th May II. vi. 82 ‘This I suppose is the last act of..the glorious sixteen hundred and sixty.’ ‘By the Lord, as you say, Master D'Urfey, it looks like it.’ 1892 A. Conan Doyle Adventures Sherlock Holmes (U.S. ed.) x. 320 ‘You have been reading the papers diligently of late, have you not?’ ‘It looks like it,’ said I, ruefully. 1910 W. M. Raine Bucky O'Connor 55 Your cook, Anderson, kid-napped the child, looks like to me. 1972 G. Bromley In Absence of Body viii. 101 ‘And now I suppose you've got to find a replacement?’ ‘Looks like it.’ 2004 N. Redfern Three Men seeking Monsters xv. 232 ‘You mean I have to go trudging through another bloody wood?’ ‘It certainly looks like it, mate.’ (ii) Originally U.S. With following clause: it appears as though, seems likely that (something is the case). ΚΠ 1866 Detroit Free Press 31 Jan. It looks like they are really humbugging the poor darkey. 1890 Atlanta Constit. 18 June 1/6 The republican leaders have taken the bit in their teeth and it looks like they are going to run right square into a warmer country before they can be checked. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind i. i. 11 Don't it look to you like she would of asked us to stay for supper? 1973 Guardian 31 Jan. 4/7 Looks like your child's birthday is news again this year. 2012 T. Wolfe Back to Blood xviii. 598 He had his arms stretched out. It looked like he was about to embrace them both in a Russian bear hug. < as lemmas |
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