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释义

lookup

or look-up

[ look-uhp ]
/ ˈlʊkˌʌp /

noun

an act or instance of looking something up, as information in a reference book or an online database.

Origin of lookup

1945–50 for an earlier sense; noun use of verb phrase look up

Words nearby lookup

look 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
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Example sentences from the Web for lookup

  • F—d, the Clerk of the Arraigns, brought off Lookup when indicted for perjury.

    The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims|Andrew Steinmetz
  • Lookup, as well as Colonel Charteris,—of notorious memory in the annals of gaming and debauchery,—was from the north of the Tweed.

    Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards|William Andrew Chatto
  • Lookup, a notorious gambler, was struck down by apoplexy when playing at this game.

    The Slang Dictionary|John Camden Hotten
  • The eye of which Lookup had lost the use appeared as perfect as the other, even to a near observer.

    Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards|William Andrew Chatto

British Dictionary definitions for lookup

look 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 lookup

look up

1

Search for in a book or other source, as in I told her to look up the word in the dictionary. [Late 1600s]

2

Call on or visit, as in I'm going to look up my friend in Chicago. [Mid-1800s]

3

Become better, improve, as in Business is finally looking up. [c. 1800]

4

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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