look
verb OPAL S
/lʊk/
/lʊk/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they look | /lʊk/ /lʊk/ |
| he / she / it looks | /lʊks/ /lʊks/ |
| past simple looked | /lʊkt/ /lʊkt/ |
| past participle looked | /lʊkt/ /lʊkt/ |
| -ing form looking | /ˈlʊkɪŋ/ /ˈlʊkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to turn your eyes in a particular direction
看；瞧 - Look closely and tell me what you see.
仔细看，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!
看！那肯定是詹妮弗·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.
我站起来，向窗外望去。 - She looked across to the other side of the room.
她朝房间的另一边望去。
Synonyms looklookwatch ▪ see ▪ view ▪ observeThese words all mean to turn your eyes in a particular direction.look to turn your eyes in a particular direction:see also forward-looking- 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。
- 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。
- In the evening we went to see a movie.
晚上，我们去看了一场电影。
- People came from all over the world to view her work.
人们从世界各地涌来欣赏她的作品。
- 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.
他顺着路往下看，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，看看我的领带是否系直。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- closely
- briefly
- …
- turn to
- let somebody
- at
- towards/toward
- look and see
- Look closely and tell me what you 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.
我们正在寻找有担任此职位经验的人。 - They are always looking for ways to save money.
他们一直在寻找省钱的方法。 - 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 Examples- He 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!
我一生都在寻找这个问题的答案！ - Look carefully for signs of damp.
仔细看看有没有受潮的迹象。
- look for somebody/something Where have you been? We've been looking for you.
- [intransitive, transitive] to pay attention to something
注意；留心；留神 - look at something Look at the time! We're going to be late.
注意一下时间！我们要迟到了。 - look where, what, etc… Can't you look where you're going?
你走路可不可以小心点？
- look at something Look at the time! We're going to be late.
- linking verb to seem; to appear
看来好像；似乎；显得 - + adj. You look great!
你看起来太棒了！ - The garden looks nice.
花园看起来很漂亮。 - Don't worry—it looks worse than it is.
别担心——事情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-looking- to look pale/tired/happy
看起来苍白/疲倦/快乐 - Four-time winners Ajax looked a shadow of their former great self.
四届冠军阿贾克斯看上去已不再是昔日伟大的自己。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + look- make somebody/something
- like
- to
- look as if
- look as though
- + adj. You look great!
- [intransitive] (not usually used in the progressive tenses) to have a particular appearance
显出…的样子；显得 - 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.’
“你表弟长什么样？”“他瘦高个儿，棕色头发。” - look as if…/as though… You look as though you slept badly.
你好像没睡好觉。
Extra Examples- an animal that looked like a large hedgehog
看上去像大刺猬的动物 - She looks very like her sister.
她看起来很像她姐姐。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + look- make somebody/something
- like
- to
- look as if
- look as though
- look like somebody/something That photograph doesn't look like her at all.
- [intransitive] to seem likely to happen or be true
好像要；可能是 - 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，这家公司确实遇到了麻烦。 - look like… (informal) They don’t look like they’re trying to win.
他们看上去并不想赢。 - look to somebody like… (informal) It looks to me like they have a plan.
在我看来他们好像有个计划。
Extra ExamplesTopics Doubt, guessing and certaintyb1- It looks to me as though we may be in for another cliff-hanger.
在我看来，我们可能又面临另一个悬念。 - It looks to me as if the whole US press missed the story.
在我看来，好像整个美国媒体都错过了这个故事。 - It doesn't look like we'll be moving after all.
看起来我们终究不会搬家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + look- make somebody/something
- like
- to
- look as if
- look as though
- It looks like rain (= it looks as if it's going to rain).
- [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。
- The house looks east.
use eyes
search
pay attention
appear/seem
face
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
- used in a shop to say that you are not ready to buy something
（在商店中表示无意购买某物）只是看一看 - ‘Can I help you?’ ‘I'm just looking, thank you.’
“请问您要买什么？”“谢谢，我只是看看。”
- ‘Can I help you?’ ‘I'm just looking, thank you.’
be looking to do something
- to try to find ways of doing something
试图找到做某事的方法 - The government is looking to reduce inflation.
政府正在力求降低通货膨胀率。
- The government is looking to reduce inflation.
look bad | not look good
- to be considered bad behaviour or bad manners
被视为举止不佳；失礼；不得体 - It looks bad not going to your own brother's wedding.
连亲兄弟的婚礼都不参加，这太不像话了。
- It looks bad not going to your own brother's wedding.
look bad (for somebody)
- to show that something bad might happen
显示不好的事可能发生；看来不利于 - He's had another heart attack; things are looking bad for him, I'm afraid.
他又犯了一次心脏病，恐怕他情况不妙。
- He's had another heart attack; things are looking bad for him, I'm afraid.
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 - This year's sales figures are looking good.
今年的销售数字情况看好。
- This year's sales figures are looking good.
look here
- (old-fashioned) used to protest about something
（表示抗议）喂，听着 - Now look here, it wasn't my fault.
喂，那不是我的错！
- Now look here, it wasn't my fault.
look how/what/who…
- used to give an example that proves what you are saying or makes it clearer
（用于举例证实或说明）瞧 - Look how lazy we've become.
瞧我们变得有多懒。 - Be careful climbing that ladder. Look what happened last time.
爬那梯子时小心点儿。上次不就出事了嘛。
- Look how lazy we've become.
look no further
- used to say that something is exactly what somebody needs and so they do not need to consider any other options
不需要再考虑其他选择 - Those looking for an enjoyable evening need look no further than the hotel's nightclub.
对于那些想要度过一个愉快的夜晚的人，不用另寻他处，酒店的夜总会就是一个好选择。
- Those looking for an enjoyable evening need look no further than the hotel's nightclub.
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
- to (not) have your normal healthy appearance
气色（不）像往常那样好 - You're not looking yourself today (= you look tired or ill/sick).
今天你看上去气色不太好。
- You're not looking yourself today (= you look tired or ill/sick).
never/not look back
- (informal) to become more and more successful
越来越兴旺发达；不断取得成功 - 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。
- Her first novel was published in 2007 and since then she hasn't looked back.
not much to look at
- (informal) not attractive
相貌平平；不起眼
to look at somebody/something
- judging by the appearance of somebody/something
由外表判断 - To look at him you'd never think he was nearly fifty.
看他的外表，谁也想不到他年近五十了。
- To look at him you'd never think he was nearly fifty.