transitive. To consult or refer to (a book, a particular passage in a book, or an author). Also: to search for (a word, fact, etc.) in a book, source…
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| 释义 | society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > find in a book or paper (6) looklOE transitive. To consult or refer to (a book, a particular passage in a book, or an author). Also: to search for (a word, fact, etc.) in a book, source… to look out?1496 transitive. To find by looking; to search out. Now chiefly British. to turn to ——1568 intransitive. To refer to, look up, consult (a book, list, table, page, etc.). to look upa1632 transitive. In early use: †to consult (a book, source of information, etc.) (obsolete). In later use: to search for (an item of information), or… to turn up1710 transitive. To find (a passage) in a book, newspaper, etc., or (a document) in a set of papers, etc.; to look up (notes), refer to (a writer). Cf… to turn out1834 transitive. To refer to, look up; = to turn up 16a at phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete. rare. |
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