单词 | to look sharp |
释义 | > as lemmasto look sharp Phrases to look sharp. a. To keep watch vigilantly; to be on the lookout. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (intransitive)] > observe or watch spya1400 wait1399 espyc1405 watch1487 gate?1590 to look sharp1680 stag1796 to keep one's eyes peeled1844 to skin one's eyes1851 to peel one's eyes1875 to take sights1934 the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > be vigilant or on one's guard [verb (intransitive)] watcha1225 warea1325 bewarea1400 keepc1400 waitc1400 lay good waitc1440 to lie in great waitc1440 to look out?1553 to look about1599 awake1602 advigilate1623 to keep an eye open1651 perdue1656 to look sharp1680 waken1682 tout1699 to keep a sharp look-out1827 to keep one's weather-eye open1829 to keep (also have) an eye out1833 to keep one's eyes peeled1844 to watch out1845 to skin one's eyes1851 to have (also keep) one's eye on the ball1937 to watch one's back1949 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > proceed rapidly [verb (intransitive)] > hasten or hurry hiec1250 skelta1400 hasty?a1425 hasten1534 festinate1652 to look sharp1680 to make play1799 hurry-scurry1809 to tumble up1826 crowd1838 rush1859 hurry1871 to get a move on1888 hurry and scurry1889 to buck up1890 to get a hump on1892 to get a wiggle on1896 to shake a leg1904 to smack it about1914 flurry1917 to step on it (her)1923 to make it snappy1926 jildi1930 to get an iggri on1946 ert- 1675 W. Mercer Moderate Caualier 26 A Jury, whose Fore-man Was Mr. Reason, next him..was Mr. Look-sharp.] 1680 M. Stevenson Wits Paraphras'd 34 Then looking sharp, cag'd like a Parrot, I spy thy Hawks-bill in the Garret. 1725 R. Bentley Remarks Disc. Free-thinking (ed. 6) III. liv. 283 It is time for us then to look sharp, to observe every Period. 1788 Ld. Auckland Corr. (1861) II. 69 At nine o'clock we began to look sharp for our house. 1803 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1804) VII. 128 Mr. Robson will attend to the old peers..while Mr. Faulder will look sharp after the fortune-hunters. 1890 Harper's Mag. July 213/1 She..must have looked sharp to see him at all. 1912 Archit. Rev. July 76/1 At Coblenz the mountains begin and I looked sharp for the first castle. 1963 Boys' Life May 33/4 Sam looked sharp to the right. Through the distant trees the lights of two cars could be seen bobbing into the night. 2000 F. Anderson Crucible of War (2001) lxii. 598 The success of their staple crops of rice and indigo freed them from the necessity of looking sharp for supplementary sources of wealth. b. colloquial. To move or act quickly or energetically; to stir oneself. Usually in imperative. Cf. to look smart at smart adj. Phrases 1, to look lively at lively adj. and n. Phrases, to look alive at alive adj. Phrases 5. ΚΠ 1835 Farmer's Mag. Jan. 25/1 Look sharp, Dick, for I'm late for the Eagle. 1890 G. M. Fenn Double Knot I. viii. 191 You'd better look sharp,..they're all ready and waiting. 1917 Everybody's Mag. Nov. 152/2 ‘Pint o' bitters,’ he called, ‘and look sharp, please. I want to drink two of them if I've time.’ 1966 Farmer wants Wife (Farmers Weekly Farm Women's Club) 45 ‘Go and fetch a can of petrol and look sharp’ were the orders of one day. 2007 S. Lawrence Those Girls vi. 45 For goodness' sake, hurry up and take your seats... And look sharp—Mrs. Bennett is waiting to address the school. < as lemmas |
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