| 单词 | by the look |
| 释义 | > as lemmasby (also from) the look(s) b. by (also from) the look(s): judging by the appearance (of a person, thing, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > appearance or aspect > [adverb] by semblant?a1366 by (also of) semblety?1553 by (also from) the look(s)1625 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. ix. xx. 1818 Looke on the Map, and tell me if any Countrey in the World promiseth more by the lookes then it. 1672 R. Boyle Ess. Origine & Virtues Gems i. 42 The Mineral Fumes had so oddly ting'd it [sc. a sapphire], that in his opinion it might, by the Looks, pass (rather) for a Chalcedonian. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison II. iv. 40 If you fall I shall have the worst of it, from the looks of the matter. 1850 J. Gallaher Western Sketch-bk. 378 I know that he is a scholar, by the looks of him. 1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken iv. 28 It micht be e'en a bairn by the looks o' the bun'le. 1923 ‘B. M. Bower’ Parowan Bonanza v. 54 You're just ahead of a big storm, by the looks, Mr. Rayfield. 1939 ‘G. Orwell’ Coming up for Air iv. i. 219 A big Council housing estate, by the look of it. 1959 S. Delaney Taste of Honey (1960) 31 They only just made it too, from the look of his wife. 1975 J. Symons Three Pipe Probl. ix. 65 Acting doesn't pay too well from the looks of it. 2008 N. Le Boat 219 Teenagers, by the looks. < as lemmas |
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