1 PHRASAL VERB (在参考书、列表等中)查检(事实或信息) If you look up a fact or a piece of information, you find it out by looking in something such as a reference book or a list. (在参考书、列表等中)查检(事实或信息)
SYN research, find, search for, hunt for
2 PHRASAL VERB 拜访,探访,看望(久未见面的人) If you look someone up, you visit them after not having seen them for a long time. 拜访,探访,看望(久未见面的人)
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I'll try to look him up, ask him a few questions. [VERB noun PREP.]
我会设法登门拜访,问他几个问题。
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She looked up some friends of bygone years. [VERB PREP. noun]
她去看望了一些过去的老朋友。
SYN visit, call on, go to see, pay a visit to
3 PHRASAL VERB [usually cont] 改善;好转 If a situation is looking up, it is improving. 改善;好转 [informal]
SYN improve, develop, advance, pick up
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