look
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they look | |
| he / she / it looks | |
| past simple looked | |
| past participle looked | |
| -ing form looking |
- [intransitive]
to turn your eyes in a particular direction 看；瞧 Look closely and tell me what you see. 仔细看看，告诉我你看到了什么。 If you look carefully you can just see our house from here. 你要是仔细看，从这里就可以看见我们的房子。 ‘Has the mail come yet?’ ‘I'll look and see.’ “邮件来了吗？” “我看看。” Look! I'm sure that's Jennifer Lawrence! 快看！我确定那是詹妮弗·劳伦斯！ Don't look now, but there's someone staring at you! 你现在别看，有人正盯着你呢！ - look at somebody/something
She looked at me and smiled. 她看了看我，笑了。 - look + adv./prep.
I got up and looked out of the window. 我起身向窗外望去。 She looked across to the other side of the room. 她向房间的另一边看去。
Synonyms looklooksee also forward-looking- watch
- see
- view
- observe
- look to turn your eyes in a particular direction:
If you look carefully you can just see our house from here. 你要是仔细看，从这里就可以看见我们的房子。 She looked at me and smiled. 她看了看我，笑了。
- watch to look at somebody/something for a time, paying attention to what happens:
to watch television 看电视 Watch what I do, then you try. 你注意看我的动作，然后试着做。
- see to watch a game, television programme, performance, etc.:
In the evening we went to see a movie. 晚上我们去看了一场电影。
- view (formal) to look at something, especially when you look carefully; to watch television, a film, etc.:
People came from all over the world to view her work. 观众从世界各地涌来欣赏她的作品。
watch, see or view? 用 watch、see 还是 view？ - observe (formal
) to watch somebody/something carefully, especially to learn more about them or it: 指观察、注视、监视： The patients were observed over a period of several months. 这些病人被观察了数月之久。
- to look/watch for somebody/something
- to watch/observe what/who/how…
- to look/watch/view/observe (somebody/something) with amazement/surprise/disapproval, etc.
- to watch/see/view a film/show/programme
- to watch/see a match/game/fight
- to look (at somebody/something)/watch (somebody/something)/observe somebody/something carefully/closely
Extra Examples‘It's beautiful!’ ‘Oh! Let me look!’ “真美！”“是吗？让我看看！” He was looking down the road to see if the bus was coming. 他顺着马路往下看，看公共汽车是否来了。 He looked longingly at the food on the table. 他眼巴巴地盯着桌上的食物。 He turned to look as she came down the stairs. 她下楼时，他转身去看。 He was looking studiously down to avoid meeting her eyes. 他故意往下看以避开她的目光。 She looked over to where the others were chatting. 她望着那边正在聊天的人们。 What are you looking at? 你在看什么？ She looked towards the door. 她朝门的方向看去。 I looked in the mirror to see if my tie was straight. 我照了照镜子，看看我的领带是不是直的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- briefly
- …
- turn to
- let somebody
- at
- towards/toward
- look and see
- [intransitive]
to try to find somebody/something 寻找；寻求 - look for somebody/something
Where have you been? We've been looking for you. 你上哪儿去了？我们一直在找你。 Are you still looking for a job? 你还在找工作吗？ We’re looking for someone with experience for this post. 我们正在为这个职位寻找有经验的人。 They are always looking for ways to save money. 他们总是在寻找省钱的方法。 - look + adv./prep.
I can't find my book—I've looked everywhere. 我找不到我的书，我到处都找遍了。
Extra ExamplesHe inspected the room, looking for any possible clues. 他检查了房间，寻找任何可能的线索。 I was just about to come looking for you. 我正要过来找你呢。 I'm looking for an apartment on the east side of the city. 我正在城东找一处公寓。 I've spent my whole life looking for an answer to that question! 我一生都在寻找那个问题的答案！ Look carefully for signs of damp. 仔细看看有没有受潮的迹象。
- look for somebody/something
- [intransitive, transitive]
to pay attention to something 注意；留心；留神 - linking verb
to seem; to appear 看来好像；似乎；显得 - + adj.
You look great! 你看起来棒极了！ The garden looks nice. 花园看起来很漂亮。 Don't worry—it looks worse than it is. 别担心——看起来比实际情况更糟。 The film looks likely to offend many people. 这部电影看起来可能会冒犯很多人。 That book looks interesting. 那本书好像很有趣。 - look like somebody/something
That looks like an interesting book. 那好像是本有趣的书。 - look like somebody/something to somebody
It doesn't look like fun to me. 我觉得这不好玩。 - + noun
You made me look a complete fool! 你把我弄得像个十足的傻瓜！ That looks an interesting book. 那好像是本有趣的书。
Extra Examplessee also good-lookingto look pale/tired/happy 脸色苍白/疲惫/快乐 Four-time winners Ajax looked a shadow of their former great self. 四次获奖的阿贾克斯看起来像是他们以前伟大自我的影子。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + look- make somebody/something
- like
- to
- look as if
- look as though
- + adj.
- [intransitive]
(not usually used in the progressive tenses 通常不用于进行时 to have a particular appearance 与…外表相似；好像；仿佛 - look like somebody/something
That photograph doesn't look like her at all. 那张照片看上去一点也不像她。 ‘What does your cousin look like?’ ‘He's tall and thin with brown hair.’ “你表哥长什么样，”。他又高又瘦，棕色头发。 - look as if…/as though…
You look as though you slept badly. 你好像没睡好觉。
Extra Examplesan animal that looked like a large hedgehog 看上去像大刺猬的动物 She looks very like her sister. 她看起来很像她的姐姐。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + look- make somebody/something
- like
- to
- look as if
- look as though
- look like somebody/something
- [intransitive]
to seem likely to happen or be true 看起来好像；似乎有可能 It looks like rain (= it looks as if it's going to rain). 像是要下雨的样子。 - look as if…/as though…
It doesn't look as if we'll be moving after all. 看样子我们还是不搬了。 - look to somebody as if…/as though…
It looks to me as though the company is in real trouble. 在我看来，公司好像真的有麻烦了。 - look like… (informal)
They don’t look like they’re trying to win. 他们看起来并不想赢。 - look to somebody like… (informal)
It looks to me like they have a plan. 在我看来，他们有一个计划。
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + look- make somebody/something
- like
- to
- look as if
- look as though
- [intransitive] + adv./prep.
to face a particular direction 面向；正对；朝向 The house looks east. 这房子朝东。 The hotel looks out over the harbour. 从这家旅馆朝外看可俯视港湾。 The kitchen looks onto the garden. 厨房面向花园。
use eyes用眼睛
search搜寻
pay attention注意
appear/seem显得；似乎
face面向
Word OriginOld English lōcian (verb), of West Germanic origin; related to German dialect lugen.
Idioms Most idioms containing look are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example look daggers at somebody is at dagger.
be just looking
be looking to do something
look bad | not look good
look bad (for somebody)
look good
to show success or that something good might happen 显现成功（或好事可能发生）；看来充满希望
look here
look how/what/who…
look no further
used to say that something is exactly what somebody needs and so they do not need to consider any other options （表示抗议）喂，听着 Those looking for an enjoyable evening need look no further than the hotel's nightclub. 那些寻找愉快夜晚的人只需看看酒店的夜总会。
look somebody up and down
to look at somebody in a careful or critical way 上下仔细打量，挑剔地审视（某人）
(not) look yourself
never/not look back
- (informal)
to become more and more successful 一帆风顺；蒸蒸日上 Her first novel was published in 2007 and since then she hasn't looked back. 她的第一部小说于 2007 年发表，自此她便一发而不可收。
not much to look at
- (informal)
not attractive 相貌平平；不起眼
to look at somebody/something