| 单词 | look through |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto look through to look through 1. transitive. a. To look at thoroughly, so as to perceive or understand the true nature of; to see thoroughly into; to search. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > penetrate, discern [verb (transitive)] piercea1398 to look througha1525 insee1541 penetrate?1563 to see through ——1565 to look through ——1580 understand1587 to break through1597 fathom1633 unfathom1707 a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 49 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 96 I sawe ane howlat..Lukand ye laike throwe. 1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare To Rdr. sig. ¶2v Socrates saith, Wee may not beleeue euery Argumente, that is shewed vs, vpon the sight. But must open it, and searche it, and looke it through. 1653 F. Higginson Brief Relation Irrelig. Northern Quakers 19 It hath been his custome..to fix his Eyes earnestly on such strangers as came into his company a good while together as though he wold look them through. 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iii. ii. 32 Fate sees thy Life lodg'd in a brittle Glass, And looks it through, but to it cannot pass. 1737 A. Pope Epist. of Horace i. i. 108 Who bids thee face with steddy view Proud Fortune, and look shallow Greatness thro'. 1779 F. Burney Let. 28 May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1994) III. 286 He calls you a sly, designing body,—& says you look all the people through most wickedly. 1826 A. M. Porter Honor O'Hara I. vi. 309 Eyes that look you through in no time. 1887 Edinb. Rev. July 231 His eye glaring at a stranger with a gaze that seemed to look him through and through. 1908 Dentist's Mag. Oct. 857 He didn't have..machines that look you through. 1996 G. Spence Making of Country Lawyer xxxii. 386 He..held you with his eyes like a lemur hanging from a limb peering at you,..trying to look you through. b. To study, examine, survey exhaustively. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > scrutinize [verb (transitive)] through-seekOE gropea1250 to search outa1382 ensearch1382 boltc1386 examinea1387 ransackc1390 ripea1400 search1409 overreach?a1425 considerc1425 perquirec1460 examec1480 peruse?1520 grounda1529 study1528 oversearch1532 perscrute1536 scrute1536 to go over ——1537 scan1548 examinate1560 rifle1566 to consider of1569 excuss1570 ripe1573 sift1573 sift1577 to pry into ——1581 dive1582 rub1591 explore1596 pervestigate1610 dissecta1631 profound1643 circumspect1667 scrutinize1671 perscrutatea1679 introspect1683 rummage1690 reconnoitre1740 scrutinate1742 to look through1744 scrutiny1755 parse1788 gun1819 cat-haul1840 vivisect1876 scour1882 microscope1888 tooth-comb1893 X-ray1896 comb1904 fine-tooth comb1949 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Sixth 35 Look Nature through, 'tis Revolution All. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 250 Look human nature through. 1837 G. Redford Holy Script. Verified iv. 269 If we look the world through, we see that temperance, moderation, virtue, benevolence,..promote the health, long life, reputation, and felicity of men. 1887 Poultry Monthly (Albany, N.Y.) June 218/3 Look the history of the Light Brahmas, the Plymouth Rocks and Wyandottes through and see if there has been another trio of breeds that has held such popular positions. 1904 Watchman 28 Apr. 10/2 Look history through and you cannot duplicate Moses, Aaron, Joshua. 2. intransitive. To direct one's gaze through an opening or gap in a solid object, a window or other transparent body, an optical instrument, etc.In quot. 1600 figurative: to be visible or apparent through something. Cf. to look through —— 3 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be visible [verb (intransitive)] > appear or become visible ariseOE to come in (also to, on, etc.) placec1225 'peara1382 appear1382 kithea1400 to show out?a1425 muster?1435 to come forthc1449 to look outa1470 apparish1483 to show forth1487 come1531 to come out?1548 peer1568 to look through1573 glimpse1596 loom1605 rise1615 emicate1657 emike1657 present1664 opena1691 emerge1700 dawn1744 to come down the pike1812 to open out1813 to crop out1849 unmask1858 to come through1868 to show up1879 to come (etc.) out of thin air1932 surface1961 1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 280 She poynting hir Maister to the keyhole, bad him looke through. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 120 Th' incessant care..Hath wrought the Mure that should confine it in, So thin that life lookes through . View more context for this quotation 1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith i. 4 Christ doth but draw by a lap of the curtain of Separation, and look through to one beleeving Heathen. 1694 G. Tullie Disc. Govt. of Thoughts iii. 174 Look through at those things that lie within the Vail. 1794 ‘T. Telescope’ & ‘W. Magnet’ Newtonian Syst. Philos. (new ed.) ii. 18 You turn the long screw C on the side, while your eye is looking through at B. 1823 R. Bakewell Trav. Tarentaise II. vi. 245 On looking through, I was surprised to see a numerous group of figures..standing on the floor. 1887 J. Royce Feud of Oakfield Creek ix. 232 The telescope-rifle was passed round a little, and the major looked through, and said nothing. 1953 E. Wilkins & E. Kaiser tr. R. Musil Man without Qualities xliv. 213 If one looked through slantwise, one could see the General's gold sword-knot gleaming in a corner. 1996 C. Logue Sel. Poems 48 Now and again the sun looks through, glints off the mattocks as we pile the stones bigger than melons along the verge. 2008 New Yorker 1 Sept. 76/2 Having poked a hole in the acoustic tile so I could look through. to look through —— to look through —— 1. intransitive. a. To direct one's gaze through (an opening or gap in a solid object, a window or other transparent body, an optical instrument, etc.). Also figurative: to perceive or understand the true nature of. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] > allow to pass unnoticed to look through ——OE to let (something) overpassa1375 overpassa1382 unseea1395 forgoa1400 balkc1440 dissimulea1450 pass?c1475 dissemblea1500 dissimulatea1533 to wink at1535 nod1607 connive1641 beholdc1650 to wink against1653 to shut one's eyes to (also against, on)a1711 blink1742 the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look through to look through ——?a1513 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > sharpness, shrewdness, insight > penetrate, discern [verb (transitive)] piercea1398 to look througha1525 insee1541 penetrate?1563 to see through ——1565 to look through ——1580 understand1587 to break through1597 fathom1633 unfathom1707 OE Blickling Homilies 93 Se heofon tobyrst from þæm eastdæle oþ þone westdæl; & þonne eall engla cynn lociaþ þurh þa ontynnesse on manna cynn. a1513 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen in Poems (1998) I. 41 Throw pykis of the plet thorne I presandlie luikit, Gif ony persoun wald approche. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 34 Since your eyes are so sharpe, that you cannot onely looke through a Milstone, but cleane through the minde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. ii. 203 He lookes Quite through the Deeds of men. View more context for this quotation 1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. x. sig. C5v When you haue seene his outside, you haue lookt through him. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 44. ⁋5 The World is grown too wise, and can look through these thin Devices. 1723 E. Stone tr. N. Bion Constr. & Principal Uses Math. Instruments vii. ii. 204 Look thro the small Hole in the Sight-Vane. 1826 C. R. Williams Tour Island Jamaica xxii. 155 Nunnez still looked through the glass as he uttered this monologue. 1830 Ld. Tennyson Lilian 10 She, looking thro' and thro' me, Thoroughly to undo me, Smiling, never speaks. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. iv. 123 Why look through The spaces that divide the warlike ranks? 1914 Crisis Apr. 302/2 Looking through the window he saw this man lying dead. 1974 Jet 28 Mar. 4/2 As a divorced Black woman and mother, she can look through her curtain of sorrow with a hell of a lot more ease than most of us. 2009 O. Gentile Life List v. 123 The guide..looked through his binoculars. b. to look through one's (also the) fingers: to contrive or pretend not to see or notice something; (also) to see indistinctly. Also with at, upon.Somewhat rare after 18th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore [verb (intransitive)] overhipa1325 to hide one's facea1382 to look aside1530 to look beside ——1533 not to hear on that side1548 to look through the fingers1549 to pull away the shoulder1560 connive1602 to turn a (also the) blind eye1698 to bury (or hide) one's head in the sand1844 Nelson eye1893 not to want to know1948 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 5th Serm. sig. Rviii They loke thorow ther fingers & wil not se it. 1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xx. sig. Hvv As thoughe God must..loke thorowe the fyngers vpon the wicked world. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 6v To shew you that..which I see in a cloude, loking through my fingers. 1623 T. Scott Exod. viii. 19 42 Couetousnesse and commoditie will..make euen good men looke through their fingers. 1681 E. Pearse Conformist's Plea for Nonconformists 35 He..could..look through his Fingers, and suffer a worthy Non-conformist to preach publickly very near him. 1695 T. Houghton Alteration of Coyn (new ed.) 12 The Spanish Governours have been inclinable to look through their Fingers, that a Stol'n Trade might be had with the Spaniards. 1713 J. Barker Love Intrigues 8 My vigilant Aunt..(as the Proverb is) look'd through her Fingers. 1761 Impartial Enq. Conduct Late Minister 27 It may be good Policy, even in Princes, sometimes to look through their Fingers. 1832 Morning Chron. 1 Sept. The most absolute individual in private life must occasionally look through his fingers at many things. 1948 Christian Sci. Monitor 28 Dec. 10/3 We had to look through our fingers at such things. 1978 Guardian Weekly 29 Jan. 7/1 Because Somalia is now the enemy of the Soviet Union, we are prepared to look through our fingers at Somalia's invasion of Ethiopia. 2009 F. Becker in G. Blundo & P.-Y. Le Meur Governance Daily Life in Afr. 81 This pragmatic approach, where looking through one's fingers was an essential virtue. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > be hanged [verb (intransitive)] rideeOE hangc1000 anhangc1300 wagc1430 totter?1515 to wave in the windc1515 swing1542 trine1567 to look through ——?1570 to preach at Tyburn cross1576 stretch?1576 to stretch a rope1592 truss1592 to look through a hempen window?a1600 gibbet1600 to have the lift1604 to salute Tyburn1640 to dance the Tyburn jig1664 dangle1678 to cut a caper on nothing1708 string1714 twist1725 to wallop in a tow (also tether)1786 to streek in a halter1796 to straight a ropea1800 strap1815 to dance upon nothing1837 to streek a tow1895 ?1570 T. Preston Lamentable Trag. Cambises sig. D.ijv If ye be taken Cosin, ye must looke through a rope. ?a1600 Marriage Wit & Wisdom (1846) iii. 28 If we should chance to looke through an hemp Windowe, and our arse brake our necke. 1627 J. Taylor Armado sig. A5 Making their wils at Wapping, or looking through a hempen window at St. Thomas Waterings. 1668 F. Kirkman Eng. Rogue II. ix. sig. G3 Such a parcel of Canary-birds as well deserved to look through a Hempen casement at the three corner'd tenement in the high-way betwixt London and Padington. d. To pretend not to see, to ignore deliberately. Frequently with intensifying adverb, as to look right (or straight) through (a person). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > ignoring, disregard > ignore, disregard [verb (transitive)] fordita800 forheedc1275 forget1297 to let out ofa1300 spele1338 to go beside ——a1382 waivec1400 remiss?a1425 to go by ——?c1450 misknowledge?a1475 misknow1483 misken1494 to go besides ——1530 to let pass1530 unregard1545 unmind1562 overlook1570 mislippen1581 suspend1581 omit1589 blanch1605 to blow off1631 disregard1641 to pass with ——1641 to give (a person or thing) the go-by1654 prescind1654 nihilify1656 proscribe1680 unnotice1776 ignore1795 to close one's mind1797 cushion1818 to leave out in the cold1839 overslaugh1846 unheed1847 to write off1861 to look through ——1894 scrub1943 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > treat discourteously [verb (transitive)] > treat with lack of affability > refuse to recognize cut1634 to look through ——1894 1894 C. Garvice Queen Kate viii. 61 She just looked through him with shining eyes, then returned to her book. 1906 National Mag. June 282/2 Next day he just looked through me like I warn't there. 1942 J. Grenfell Let. 29 Mar. in Darling Ma (1989) 343 She said the people who came there now were a disgrace. Just rich, no class at all. No manners... Looked right through her, they did, and it wasn't right for such people to be in a place like the Carlton Grill! 1973 G. Mitchell Murder of Busy Lizzie ii. 26 Clothilde's straight-laced mamma boycotted Eliza..and Clothilde..looked straight through the poor woman. 2007 Esquire Oct. 128/1 Assuming he doesn't look straight through you, stick to ass-kicking small talk. 2. intransitive. To direct one's gaze over the whole of (something) or to every one of (a group or set of things); to peruse the contents of, esp. cursorily; to glance through (a book, etc.); to search through. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > scan or look over to look through ——?1536 to run over ——1555 overcast1570 to run over1571 pervise1577 transview1602 scour1909 society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > from beginning to end > in a cursory manner to look through ——1858 ?1536 W. Marshall Luther's Images Verye Chrysten Bysshop sig. k.vii Thus must they nedes be cast downe....which do brenne the bokes whiche they neuer sawe, nor loked through. 1565 A. Golding tr. Ovid Fyrst Fower Bks. Metamorphosis ii. f. 2v Looke through the world so round..aske what thou likest best. 1633 J. Ford 'Tis Pitty shee's Whore i. sig. B v Looke through the world, And thou shalt see a thousand faces shine More glorious, then this Idoll thou ador'st. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 25 Of this vast Frame the Bearings, and the Ties,..And Centres just, has thy pervading Soul Look'd thro'? 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 64 If we look through the different ranks of animals, from the largest to the smallest. 1858 T. B. Macaulay in G. O. Trevelyan Life & Lett. Macaulay (1876) II. xiv. 452 I looked through ——'s two volumes. 1865 Cornhill Mag. May 554 Being in want of a horse at the time..I looked through the advertisements in The Times, and noticed one which at any rate promised well. 1915 A. S. Neill Dominie's Log iii. 38 I look through a school-history, and I find that emphasis is laid on incident. 1975 R. Butler Where all Girls are Sweeter ii. 17 I looked through his record racks... There was a nice mixture from Bach to Vivaldi. 1996 Ancestry Jan. 20/1 I didn't have the time (and it would have taken days) to look through the mounds of boxed papers stacked against the walls in his library. 2003 London Rev. Bks. 21 Aug. 5/2 I'd looked through books like John Rechy's City of Night that my brother had lying around. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > be or make visible [verb (transitive)] > be visible through to look through ——1604 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. vii. 124 That our drift looke through our bad performance, Twere better not assayd. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Taming of Shrew (1623) Induct. ii. 11 Such shooes as my toes looke through the ouer-leather. View more context for this quotation < as lemmas |
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