look around

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To inspect a building or area.
    — We're interested in buying this house. Can we look around tomorrow?
  2. To search a place.
    — I can't find my keys, so I'll look around.
  3. To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself. intransitive
    — He heard a voice and looked around to see a man wearing dark clothes.
  4. To take note of what is going on; to make oneself aware.
    — Sure enough, when Jon appeals to centuries-old tradition binding the families of the north together, it comes off as good-hearted but short-sighted. Look around, Jon. It’s a new day. Queens rule the continent. They might rule the North, too, if tradition hadn’t made room for a bastard king. At a certain point, adhering to tradition becomes a failure to adapt. It traps people in the same deepening grooves of history their parents died in.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, around.

词形变化

looks around present,singular,third-person looking around participle,present looked around participle,past looked around past look round alternative
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