单词 | to look out for |
释义 | > as lemmasto look out for 5. intransitive. to look out for. extracted from lookv. a. To watch for; to search, be on the lookout for; to await vigilantly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] > search about for to search out?a1400 to look about1536 to feel after ——?1557 study1561 to feel for ——1569 to look out for1578 to lay out1624 to look round1630 to lay about1755 prospect1854 roust1870 to look around1927 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > [verb (transitive)] > guard against warea900 to be aware of1095 wardc1230 bihedea1250 to attend fromc1375 counterwaitc1386 to look out for1578 counterguard1583 bewarea1600 mind1700 to guard against1725 tent1737 1578 G. Best True Disc. Passage to Cathaya ii. 13 Euery man within borde..had ynough to doe, with his handes to hale ropes, and with his eyes to looke out for daunger. 1659 in Rothesay Town Council Rec. (1935) I. 31 That the proveist..luik out for timber for building the smiddie. 1669 Lady Chaworth in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 11 Some [are] so foolish now to cry the Duchess hath done itt, to looke out for love letters. 1742 G. Berkeley Let. 2 Feb. in Wks. (1871) IV. viii. 284 I wrote..to Dean Browne to look out for a six-stringed bass viol of an old make and mellow tone. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield II. vii. 103 Prepare then this evening to look out for work against to-morrow. 1892 Chambers's Jrnl. 4 June 361/2 I'll look out for something to do. 1917 J. M. Grider Diary 29 Sept. in War Birds (1927) 21 We were supposed to look out for gulls which they say usually follow in the wake of a sub. 1954 Househ. Guide & Almanac (News of World) 15/1 Look out for the Plough, which consists of seven stars in the constellation of the Great Bear. 2005 Delicious Nov. 124/3 For the French toast, look out for cinnamon swirl bread in supermarkets. b. To show care or concern for; to act in the interests of. ΚΠ 1752 H. ap D. Price Genuine Acct. Life & Trans. iii. 31 She..requested me rather to look out for our mutual Security. 1798 J. Ebers New & Compl. Dict. German & Eng. Lang. II. 827/1 Every one looks out for his own Interest. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth iii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 57 Rely on my looking out for your safety. 1894 D. C. Fletcher Reminisc. Calif. 195 McClellan always looked out for the privates, and did not have them make forced marches, or do anything else that was disagreeable. 1919 W. Irwin Blooming Angel iv. 74 I've looked out for ev-erything [sic]... I've brought a hundred and twenty-eight dollars in my own little selfish purse. 1956 A. L. Rowse Diary Jan. (2003) 205 Georgia looking out for herself—a nice demonstration of the impossibilism of the Confederacy. 2004 Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City) (Nexis) 4 Dec. There's nobody there looking out for the defendants at all. So it's a walk-through for the state. < as lemmas |
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