单词 | lookup |
释义 | lookupor look-up[ look-uhp ] / ˈlʊkˌʌp / nounan act or instance of looking something up, as information in a reference book or an online database. Origin of lookup1945–50 for an earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase look up Words nearby lookuplook the other way, look-through, look through rose-colored glasses, look to, look to one's laurels, lookup, look up and down, look up to, look who's talking, looky, loom Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lookup
British Dictionary definitions for lookuplook up verb (adverb)(tr) to discover (something required to be known) by resorting to a work of reference, such as a dictionary (intr) to increase, as in quality or valuethings are looking up (intr foll by to) to have respect (for)I've always wanted a girlfriend I could look up to (tr) to visit or make contact with (a person)I'll look you up when I'm in town Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with lookuplook up Search for in a book or other source, as in I told her to look up the word in the dictionary. [Late 1600s] Call on or visit, as in I'm going to look up my friend in Chicago. [Mid-1800s] Become better, improve, as in Business is finally looking up. [c. 1800] look up to. Admire, respect, as in The students really looked up to Mr. Jones. [Early 1700s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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