单词 | leaf through something |
释义 | leaf through something From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishleaf through something phrasal verbto turn the pages of a book quickly, without reading it properly SYN skim through She picked up the magazine and leafed through it. → leaf→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusleaf through • He leafed through a pile of documents until he found a sheet of paper torn from an exercise book.• Instead an intelligence officer had ploughed through Mills' personal effects and leafed through a random selection of files.• But just the simple act of leafing through and talking about a book can help.• Grabbing the phone book, he leafed through, looking for the number of the nursing home.• And leafing through the book, I read the page numbers out loud, too.• Instead she leafed through the brochures over a good solid breakfast, then got dressed and went to church.• I leaf through the pages again that night.• Cornelius leafed through the remaining pages. |
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