- [intransitive, transitive] to look at a lot of things in a shop rather than looking for one particular thing(在商店里)随便看看
- You are welcome to come in and browse.欢迎您光临本店随便看看。
- browse something She browsed the shelves for something interesting to read.她浏览着书架,想找本有趣的书看。
Topics Shoppingc1 - [intransitive, transitive] to look through a book, newspaper, website, etc. without reading everything浏览;翻阅
- I spent the whole evening just browsing on the internet.我整个晚上都在网上浏览。
- browse through something I found the article while I was browsing through some old magazines.我在翻阅一些旧杂志时找到了这篇文章。
- to browse through the catalogue浏览目录
- browse something I browsed the website for information about the event but didn’t find anything useful.我在网站上浏览了关于这次活动的信息,但没有找到任何有用的东西。
Topics Phones, email and the internetc1 - [intransitive] browse (on something) (of cows, goats, etc.牛、羊等) to eat leaves, etc. that are growing high up吃(绿叶等高处的植物)
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (4)): from Old French broster, from brost ‘young shoot’, probably of Germanic origin.