| 单词 | to look into |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto look into —— to look into —— ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] yemec897 understandc1000 beseea1225 heeda1225 bihedec1250 tentc1330 to look into ——c1350 rewardc1350 undertakea1382 considerc1385 recorda1393 behold?a1400 receivea1425 advertc1425 attend1432 advertise?a1439 regard1526 respect1543 eye?c1550 mind1559 panse1559 to take knowledge of1566 to consider of1569 suspect1590 pass1609 matter1652 watch1676 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > take notice of, heed [verb (transitive)] > look into, consider lookOE devisec1320 to look into ——c1350 screw1631 c1350 Psalter (BL Add. 17376) in K. D. Bülbring Earliest Compl. Eng. Prose Psalter (1891) ci. 18 (MED) He loked in-to [L. respexit in] þe oreison of þe meke, and he ne despised nouȝt her praier. a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 56 He lokede in to [L. respexit in] the preiere of meeke men. a1500 St. Brendan's Confession (Cambr.) l. 247 in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen 175 46 (MED) I shulde haue lokid into þe goodnesse of þe and of þi werkis..wt worship and reuerens, but I dede it not. 2. intransitive. a. To direct one's gaze to the interior of; to examine the inside of; to look at from outside. Also: to gaze intently or deeply at. ΚΠ a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 14333 (MED) Þe graue lid awey þei kist, And ihesus loked into þe chest. a1413 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (Pierpont Morgan) (1881) ii. l. 1227 He sat and loked in to a strete. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xvi. f. xciv By lokyng into the secrete corners of the mannes harte. 1579 S. Gosson Ephemerides Phialo ii. f. 40v Stand on a Moulehill to looke into a mustarde pot. 1616 T. Adams Divine Herball iii. 68 Let him looke into this Garden for Hysop, Humility of Spirit. 1665 N. Hodges Vindiciæ Medicinæ & Medicorum v. 132 This simple Quack looking into the Patients mouth. 1730 E. Wright Some Observ. France, Italy, &c. II. 430 The Figure sits in an inclining Posture, as looking into a Bason or Pond just below it. 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 48 He..had look'd into the basket and seen the patès which the Chevalier was selling. 1841 E. W. Lane tr. Thousand & One Nights I. 99 The fisherman, looking into the lake saw in it fish of different colours. 1885 M. J. Franc Into Light viii. 56 Looking into the glowing cavernous depths of the fire. 1930 Pop. Sci. Jan. 57/3 (caption) Full grown, it [sc. a baby giraffe] will be able to look into a second-story window. 1950 R. Macdonald Drowning Pool i. 8 I tossed the letter on the desk-top between us, and looked into her face. 2001 R. Nicoll White Male Heart (2002) 141 She looked into her risotto. b. To consult (a book, etc.), esp. cursorily. Cf. to look through —— 2 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [verb] > to browse rapidly or omit passages overrunOE skip1526 to glance over1582 to look inside ——1591 to look into ——1624 to glance through1865 1624 F. Texeda Scrutamini Scripturas 11 Such a Papist as neuer lookt into the Bible, must needs be ignorant and indiscreet. a1674 Earl of Clarendon Brief View Leviathan (1676) 336 Not only that the Scriptures are the Mount,..but that they may not be look'd into. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 47. ⁋5 I so far observed his Counsel, that I looked into Shakespear. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. v. xvii. 299 To be convinced of this Truth, you need only look into Thucydides. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. i. 27 With such feelings, both parties looked into the chronicles of the middle ages. Both readily found what they sought. 1884 Notes & Queries 29 Nov. 426/2 I have looked into several books that treat of popular customs. 1963 J. Ciardi Dialogue with Audience i. 32 Have you ever looked into a pedigree book? I assume this to be a pure-bred bantam. 2002 M. van Tielhof ‘Mother of all Trades’ i. 38 Anyone who has ever looked into a book on demography in early modern times knows that families in which more than a few sons reached adulthood were rare. 3. intransitive. To examine or investigate (a matter, subject, issue, etc.). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, inspect [verb (intransitive)] inquirec1330 aska1382 ensearch1382 questiona1500 investigate?1520 vestigatea1561 to look into ——1561 perpend1568 mouse1575 rake1603 undergo1605 fathom1607 ravel1618 examine1628 inquisition1644 to cast abouta1676 inspect1703 sound1793 disquisitea1823 look-see1862 to cast about one1867 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > investigate, examine [verb (transitive)] underseekc897 speerc900 lookeOE askOE seeOE teem witnessc1200 seeka1300 fand13.. inquirec1300 undergoc1315 visit1338 pursuea1382 searcha1382 examinec1384 assay1387 ensearchc1400 vesteyea1425 to have in waitc1440 perpend1447 to bring witnessc1475 vey1512 investigate?1520 recounta1530 to call into (also in) question1534 finger1546 rip1549 sight1556 vestigatea1561 to look into ——1561 require1563 descry?1567 sound1579 question1590 resolve1593 surview1601 undersearch1609 sift1611 disquire1621 indagate1623 inspect1623 pierce1640 shrive1647 in-looka1649 probe1649 incern1656 quaeritate1657 inquisite1674 reconnoitre1740 explore1774 to bring to book1786 look-see1867 scrutate1882 to shake down1915 sleuth1939 screen1942 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. v. f. 6v They that haue digested, yea or but tasted the liberall artes,..do procede much further to looke into [L. ad introspicienda] the secretes of Gods wisedome. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. ix. sig. F5 Those imperfections..you by the daily mending of your mind haue of late bin able to looke into them, which before you could not discerne. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies ii. iii. 86 Let vs now looke into the temperature of Panama & all that coast. 1677 Z. Babington Advice to Grand Jurors 124 Not strictly looking into the matter and form, aggravations and circumstances of the Fact. 1731 T. Gurdon Hist. High Court Parl. I. Pref. p. xvii The farther I looked into our ancient Constitution, the more I found Parliaments to be the main Hinge upon which the Government moved regularly. 1762 tr. Authentic Acct. Proc. Holland & West-Friezeland 33 The Director and Council.., from the Teeth outwards, promised, and undertook to look into this Matter. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 94 Thither came The King's own leech to look into his hurt. 1879 T. H. Huxley Hume vi. 117 It is needful to look narrowly into the propositions here laid down. 1890 A. Gissing Village Hampden III. i. 15 Read your newspapers; look into the rights of things. 1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest ii. 20 Maybe. But the other angle has got to be looked into too—the political end. 1965 G. Jackson Let. 3 Oct. in Soledad Brother (1971) 89 Be sure to look into the course on speed reading. 2005 Independent 27 Jan. (Review section) 4/2 Even as we speak there are firms of quantity surveyors looking into ways of lashing up a modern house for just 60 grand. 4. intransitive. To enter (a room, building, etc.) for the purpose of seeing someone or something. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (transitive)] > informally to look into ——1596 to look ina1616 1596 T. Lodge Wits Miserie 63 Let him but looke into a vawting house [i.e. a brothel], he shall play his tricks without charges. 1632 T. Hooker Soules Prepar. for Christ 123 If a great person, especially a Prince or Monarch, did looke into a poore mans house, or come to visit a man in prison, what would the world say? 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 296 It is said..that His Majesty deigned to look into the tennis court. 1892 A. K. H. Boyd Twenty-five Years St. Andrews II. xvii. 54 I pervaded Westminster Hall and looked into most of the Courts. 1936 J. Buchan Island of Sheep ii. 27 I looked into the bar for a word with the old fowlers. 2010 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 7 Feb. 14 Out of interest, we looked into the hotel a few days later, and it was virtually empty. < as lemmas |
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