英语词汇“to look round”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

(Cf. to look around at Phrasal verbs 1)

1. intransitive. To look around oneself in various directions; to survey one's surroundings; to do this while walking or moving around a place, in order to view or explore interesting features. Also: to turn one's head in order to look in another direction.In early use also frequently in to look round about (cf. round about adv.).

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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look around

to look abouta1200

to look round?1505

to look around1600

skim1817

rubber1896

?1505 tr. P. Gringore Castell of Laboure (new ed.) sig. B.ii^v I risynge vp loked rounde aboute. [No corresponding sentence in the French original.]

1566 J. Studley Eurybates in tr. Seneca Agamemnon sig. G.vii^v When lookyng round on euery syde she toke her leaue of all.

a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. B There looking round, Neither his Brethren, nor the Flocks he found.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 529 Others from the dawning Hills Lookd round, and Scouts each Coast light-armed scoure.

1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 2) II. 197 See! that Chamber! are you not, as you look round, in a beautiful Parterre?

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iii. 98 I looked round in search of a human dwelling.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. ix. 96 Tito looked round with inward amusement at the various crowd.

1892 Black & White 19 Mar. 367/2 I had now time and daylight enough to look round.

1950 R. Macdonald Drowning Pool xvi. 143 He looked round at the desert, chiaroscuroed with moon shadows.

2005 R. Fowler & D. Maddock My Autobiogr. (2006) xiv. 369 I was looking round too, but all I saw was everyone staring at the ground.

2. intransitive. To seek or search for. Also without construction (frequently in progressive tenses): to examine or consider a situation with a view to taking some action, deciding on a course, etc.; to explore all possibilities.

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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 mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > examine closely [verb (intransitive)] > explore all possibilities

to look round1630

to look around1737

1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. D4 Weary he was, and scarse could stand vpright And looking round for some couragious Knight To reskue him.

1700 tr. F. de S. de la Mothe-Fénelon Adventures Telemachus (ed. 2) v. 507 While he was looking round for him, in vain, an old Man, venerable, and full of Majesty, advanc'd toward him.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 161 In great perturbation men began to look round for help.

c1869 T. Taylor & A. W. Dubourg in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1973) III. 250 I've begged and prayed to him for time—only to look round.

1950 J. Cannan Murder Included i. 8 Hugo..is out of the army and looking round; there was some talk of him starting a dairy herd.

1966 I. Jefferies House-surgeon i. 13 Smiling uncomfortably and looking round for unforthcoming support from Grant.

1999 R. T. Davies Queer as Folk: Scripts Episode 5. 141 Cameron. What does an Account Director do? Stuart. I direct accounts... I could do it in my sleep, I dunno, I might move, I'm looking round.

单词	to look round
释义	> as lemmas to look round to look round (Cf. to look around at Phrasal verbs 1) 1. intransitive. To look around oneself in various directions; to survey one's surroundings; to do this while walking or moving around a place, in order to view or explore interesting features. Also: to turn one's head in order to look in another direction.In early use also frequently in to look round about (cf. round about adv.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > look around to look abouta1200 to look round?1505 to look around1600 skim1817 rubber1896 ?1505 tr. P. Gringore Castell of Laboure (new ed.) sig. B.ii^v I risynge vp loked rounde aboute. [No corresponding sentence in the French original.] 1566 J. Studley Eurybates in tr. Seneca Agamemnon sig. G.vii^v When lookyng round on euery syde she toke her leaue of all. a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. B There looking round, Neither his Brethren, nor the Flocks he found. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 529 Others from the dawning Hills Lookd round, and Scouts each Coast light-armed scoure. View more context for this quotation 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. (ed. 2) II. 197 See! that Chamber! are you not, as you look round, in a beautiful Parterre? 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. iii. 98 I looked round in search of a human dwelling. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola II. ix. 96 Tito looked round with inward amusement at the various crowd. 1892 Black & White 19 Mar. 367/2 I had now time and daylight enough to look round. 1950 R. Macdonald Drowning Pool xvi. 143 He looked round at the desert, chiaroscuroed with moon shadows. 2005 R. Fowler & D. Maddock My Autobiogr. (2006) xiv. 369 I was looking round too, but all I saw was everyone staring at the ground. 2. intransitive. To seek or search for. Also without construction (frequently in progressive tenses): to examine or consider a situation with a view to taking some action, deciding on a course, etc.; to explore all possibilities. 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 mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > examine closely [verb (intransitive)] > explore all possibilities to look round1630 to look around1737 1630 P. Massinger Picture sig. D4 Weary he was, and scarse could stand vpright And looking round for some couragious Knight To reskue him. 1700 tr. F. de S. de la Mothe-Fénelon Adventures Telemachus (ed. 2) v. 507 While he was looking round for him, in vain, an old Man, venerable, and full of Majesty, advanc'd toward him. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 161 In great perturbation men began to look round for help. c1869 T. Taylor & A. W. Dubourg in M. R. Booth Eng. Plays of 19th Cent. (1973) III. 250 I've begged and prayed to him for time—only to look round. 1950 J. Cannan Murder Included i. 8 Hugo..is out of the army and looking round; there was some talk of him starting a dairy herd. 1966 I. Jefferies House-surgeon i. 13 Smiling uncomfortably and looking round for unforthcoming support from Grant. 1999 R. T. Davies Queer as Folk: Scripts Episode 5. 141 Cameron. What does an Account Director do? Stuart. I direct accounts... I could do it in my sleep, I dunno, I might move, I'm looking round. extracted from lookv. < as lemmas
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