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单词 look sharp
释义

look /lŭk/

intransitive verb
  1. To direct one's eyes and attention
  2. To give attention
  3. To face
  4. To seem or appear
  5. To seem to be
  6. To have an appearance
  7. To take care (archaic or dialect)
transitive verb
  1. To make sure
  2. To see to it
  3. To ascertain by a look
  4. To look at
  5. To expect
  6. To seem likely
  7. To render by a look
  8. To express by a look
  9. To refer to, turn (with up)
  10. To give (a look, as cognate object)
noun
  1. An act of looking
  2. View
  3. Air
  4. Appearance
  5. (in pl) beauty, comeliness (also good looks)
interjection
  1. See
  2. Behold
ORIGIN: OE lōcian to look

lookˈer noun

  1. A person who looks
  2. An observer
  3. A person who has good looks (informal)

-looking combining form

Having a specified appearance or expression, as in sad-looking

lookˈism noun

A term formed on the analogy of racism and sexism, denoting an attitude of prejudice and discrimination against people who look different, eg because of some physical disability

lookˈalike noun

A person who closely resembles another in personal appearance, a double

look and say noun (education)

A method of teaching reading, whereby the pupil is trained to recognize words at a glance, and say them, rather than articulate the letters of the word one by one

lookˈ-and-sayˈ adjective

lookˈer-onˈ noun (pl lookˈers-onˈ)

  1. An onlooker
  2. A (mere) spectator

lookˈ-inˈ noun

  1. A chance of doing anything effectively or of sharing
  2. A short casual call

lookˈing-for noun (Bible)

Expectation

lookˈing-glass noun

A mirror

adjective

Topsy-turvy (alluding to Through the Looking-Glass (1872) by Lewis Carroll)

lookˈout noun

  1. A careful watch
  2. A place to observe from
  3. A person given the task of watching or keeping watch
  4. Prospect
  5. Concern

lookˈ-round noun

Inspection

lookˈ-see noun (informal)

A look around

lookˈup adjective (computing)

Denoting a table giving a set of values for a variable

be looking at (informal)

To be able to expect (a possible price, length of time, etc)

look after

  1. To take care of
  2. To seek
  3. To expect (Bible)

look alive (informal)

To rouse oneself for action

look down on

To despise

look down one's nose at

To regard with contempt

look for

  1. To search for
  2. To expect

look forward to

To anticipate with pleasure

look here! (informal)

Used to draw attention to something, or as an angry response

look in

To make a short visit

look into

  1. To inspect closely
  2. To investigate

look like

  1. To resemble
  2. To promise or threaten (eg rain)
  3. Used in requesting a description, as in what does it look like?

look on

  1. To regard, view or think
  2. To be a spectator

look out

  1. To be watchful
  2. To be on one's guard
  3. To look for and select
  4. To show or appear (Shakespeare)

look over

  1. To examine cursorily
  2. To overlook or pass over

look sharp (informal)

Be quick about it

look small

To appear or feel foolish and ashamed

look the part

To have, or assume, an appearance in keeping with one's role

look to

  1. To look at or towards
  2. To watch
  3. To take care of
  4. To depend on (with for)
  5. To expect (to do)

look to be (informal)

To seem to be

look up

  1. To search for, refer to
  2. To take courage
  3. To improve, take a turn for the better
  4. To seek out and call upon, visit (informal)

look up to

To feel respect or veneration for

look you (archaic and Welsh)

Observe, take notice of this

not much to look at (informal)

Plain, unattractive

sharp /shärp/

adjective
  1. Cutting
  2. Piercing
  3. Penetrating
  4. Acute
  5. Having a thin edge or fine point
  6. Affecting the senses as if pointed or cutting
  7. Severe
  8. Harsh
  9. Keen
  10. Eager
  11. Hungry (Shakespeare)
  12. Alive to one's own interests
  13. Barely honest
  14. Of keen or quick perception
  15. Alert
  16. Fit, able
  17. Pungent, sarcastic
  18. Brisk
  19. Abrupt
  20. Having abrupt or acute corners, etc
  21. Sudden in onset
  22. Clear-cut
  23. Unblurred
  24. Well-defined
  25. Stylish (informal)
  26. Exceptionally smart or fashionable in dress (informal)
  27. High in pitch, or too high (music)
  28. Raised a semitone (music)
  29. Voiceless (obsolete phonetics)
adverb
  1. High or too high in pitch
  2. Punctually, precisely
  3. Sharply
noun
  1. A note raised a semitone
  2. The symbol for it (♯)
  3. The key producing it
  4. Sharpness (Milton)
  5. A long slender needle
  6. A small sword or duelling-sword
  7. (in pl) sharp instruments, esp used blades or needles disposed of as medical waste
  8. (in pl) hard parts of wheat, middlings
  9. (in pl) sword-fighting in earnest
  10. A sharper
transitive verb and intransitive verb (obsolete or dialect)

To sharpen

ORIGIN: OE scearp; ON skarpr, Ger scharf

sharpˈen transitive verb and intransitive verb

To make or become sharp in any sense

sharpˈener noun

sharpˈer noun

A cheat or hoaxer, esp someone who cheats at cards

sharpˈie noun

  1. A flat-bottomed, two-masted vessel with triangular sails, formerly of the US Atlantic coast
  2. A cheat (informal)
  3. One of a set of stylishly dressed teenagers (Aust and NZ)

sharpˈing noun and adjective

Cheating

sharpˈish adjective and adverb

sharpˈly adverb

sharpˈness noun

sharpˈ-cut adjective

  1. Well-defined
  2. Clear-cut

sharpˈ-edged adjective

sharpˈ-eyed adjective

sharpˈ-ground adjective

Ground to a sharp edge

sharpˈ-looking adjective (Shakespeare)

Hungry-looking

sharpˈ-nosed adjective

  1. Having a pointed nose
  2. With a keen sense of smell

sharpˈ-pointed adjective

sharp practice noun

Unscrupulous dealing, verging on dishonesty

sharpˈ-set adjective

  1. Hungry
  2. Keen in appetite for anything, esp food or sexual indulgence
  3. (of a tool, etc) set with a sharp edge

sharpˈ-shod adjective

(of a horse) having spikes in the shoes to prevent slipping

sharpˈshooter noun

  1. An expert marksman
  2. A soldier, police officer, etc employed as a marksman
  3. (loosely) someone with a talent for scoring in any sport

sharpˈshooting noun and adjective

sharp-sightˈed adjective

  1. Having acute sight
  2. Shrewd

sharp-tailed grouse noun

A grouse of W Canada and USA whose middle tail feathers are longer than the rest

sharp-tonguedˈ adjective

Critical, sarcastic, harsh in speech

sharp-toothedˈ adjective

sharp-wittˈed adjective

Having an alert intelligence, wit or perception

sharp-wittˈedly adverb

sharp-wittˈedness noun

at the sharp end

In the position of greatest difficulty, danger, stress, etc, in any activity

look sharp

  1. Be quick
  2. Hurry up

sharp's the word

Be brisk
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