单词 | look under |
释义 | > as lemmasto look under † to look under Obsolete. extracted from lookv. 1. transitive. To cast (one's eyes) downward. ΚΠ 1577 N. Breton Floorish vpon Fancie sig. M.i He hangs his lyppe, holds downe his head, & lookes vnder his eyes. 1606 N. Breton Choice, Chance, & Change sig. C4v They would knit the browes, look vnder the Eies, stroke downe their beards. 2. intransitive. To look down. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look down to look downa1200 to look downward?a1425 to look downwards1550 to look under1622 1622 M. Drayton 2nd Pt. Poly-olbion xix. 4 Looke vnder, where the Vrnes of ancient times are found. a1680 J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus (1681) i. 102 I looked under and every where about, to see if there were any Dog or Cat, or any such Creature in the Room. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 37 Thus pond'ring, he look'd under with his Eyes. 1720 J. Dennis Invader of his Country v. i. 64 Tribune, you must mistake, for I observ'd him Look under with his Eyes. to look under †to look under, to look down (to look under 2 at look v. Phrasal verbs 1).extracted from underadv.< as lemmas |
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