单词 | lookit |
释义 | lookitv. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). In imperative or optative use. 1. intransitive. Used to direct or draw attention, esp. to what one is about to say. Cf. look v. 9. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [interjection] > emphasizing a following statement whatOE loOE lookOE aha1225 loura1225 halec1300 why1545 if (also and) you pleasec1563 ahem1606 I say1613 ahey1696 sithee1828 please it you1881 lookit1907 1907 Billboard 25 Feb. 55/3 Lookit! Burlesque Jokes. 1936 O. St. J. Gogarty As I was going down Sackville St. 33 Lookit here, now. 1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play xxiii. 231 Just get a load of that stuff, will you? It's not even killing the lousy jungle, lookit. It's bringing it alive! 1987 H. Norman Northern Lights (1989) iii. 88 Lookit, Pelly..I agree he is a jerk. 1988 J. Brady Stone of Heart (1990) 13 Now would you lookit. 2001 L. Jackson Hot Blooded xxviii. 343 Now, lookit, I don't want him knowin' I talked to you. 2. transitive. To look at (a person or thing). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at or behold to look to ——eOE showeOE lookeOE lookOE behold971 beseec1000 seeOE to see on ——OE yseeOE yseeOE belookc1175 to look against ——c1225 to lay eyes onc1230 biwaita1250 holde1303 aseea1325 to see upon ——a1350 rewardc1350 to look of ——?c1400 eyea1425 visage1450 aviewa1513 gove1513 regard1523 to look unto ——1545 respect1567 survise1600 aspect1610 reflect1611 inspeculate1694 spectate1709 to look for ——1786 deek1825 lookit1908 lamp1916 1908 H. Green Maison de Shine 73 Lookit the fare out there. 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. i. xiv. 103 Oh, isn't that just the classiest, darlingest little coat you ever saw! Oh, do look at those sleeves... Lookit the collar. And the lining! And those pockets! 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn iv. iv. 242 ‘Lookit the jig-men,’ Olga said. ‘I thought you'd give us the go-by.’ 1968 A. Hailey Airport i. iii. 43 At an adjoining table, a woman said loudly, ‘Geez! Lookit the time!’ 2003 M. Hunter Alpine for You 98 Would you lookit the people walkin' around with underactive thyroids? 2013 K. Baker Big Crowd lxix. 374 Lookit this. All these fucking lampshades. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1907 |
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