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Zoofc.他们使得这地方的面貌煥然一新。see also wet LOOK

IT»T?il if looks could 'kill ... used to describe the very angry or unpleasant way sb is/was looking at you 吓死人l —蠢怒气;满轉不高*兴:Zdon’tfcnowvvhatJVe done to upset him, but i/Zoofcs cou?d fcfH …我不知道做

,.J什么赛他生,了,他那样子简直吓死人。more at dirty adj., long adj.

b exclamation used to make sb pay attention to what you are going to say, often when you are annoyed (常为不 悦时唤起他人注i ),听我ii: ioo/g 7 thin/c we s/iouZd go now喂,我想我们现在得走了_◊ I00& that’s not /air.注意,那样不公平。     -'

SYNONYMS同义词辨析

look

glance gaze stare glimpse glare

These are all words for an act of looking, when you turn youf eyes in a particular direction.'.!^上.各词均表

示看的动作。

look an act of looking at sb'/sth 指看、瞧:Mcfc, have 0 /〇〇*:f/j/s.来,看一看这个。 glante a quick look指匆匆一看、瞥、扫视She sto/e a g/cmce flf her vwfdj.|ir偷看了看表。 gaze a long steady look at sb/sth 指凝视、注视She /e/f    wnc/er /7/’s stefl gaze.她在他凝视的::

目光下感到很尴尬。

stare a long look at sb/sth, especially in a way that is unfriendly or that shows surprise 尤指不友善或吃惊 的盯、凝&.:控视She gave the officer a blank stare and A/x/ggecf her showWm.她面无秦情地盯着那官

员,耸了耸肩。

glimpse a look at sb/sth for a very short time, when you .do not see the person or thing completefy 指一 瞥、一看He caught a glimpse of her in the crowd

在人群里一眼瞥见了她。

glare a long angry look at sb/sth 指长久的怒视、瞪 眼She fixed her questioner with a hostile glare•媿敌

意地瞪着向她提问的人。

PATTERNS AND COiLOCATIONS

                  a look/glance/gaze/stare/glare at sth

                  a glimpse of sb/sth

                  with a look/glance/stare/glare

.* a long/penetrating/piercing look/glance/gaze/stare/ glare

» a brief look/glance/glimpse/glare

                  to give sh a look/glance/stare/glare

                  to have/get/take/sneak/steal a look/glance/glimpse

                  to avoid sb's look/glance/gaze/stare

look-alike /'lukalaik/ noun (often used after a person^ name 常用于人名.).a person who looks very similar to the person mentioned 长得极像{某人的人an EZvis ZoofcaZifce长得很像埃尔维斯的人 ,look-and-'say noun [U] a method of teaching people to read based on the recognition of whole words, rather than the association of letters with sounds 视读法直呼法(根据对整词的辨认而不是字母与发音的联系的一 种识字教学方法> compare phonics look-er /*luk9(r)/ noun {informal) a way of describing an attractive persem, usually a woman MA;^女:She’s a reaHoofcer/*是个美人!

'look-in noun      (not) get/have a 'look-in (BrE,

informal) (not) to get a chance to take part or succeed in

sth (没 > 有参加的机会;(没)有成功的机会;(没) 有份儿She talks so much that nobody else can get a Zoofc-in.她老是滔滔不绝,别人谁也插不上嘴。

'looking glass noun {old-fashioned) a mirror

look-out /'lukaut/ noun 1 a place for watching from, especially for danger or an enemy coming towards you 监视处;观察所;瞭望台a toofcout pom</tower 瞭望哨 / 2 a person who has the responsibility of watching for sth, especially danger, etc. 视员;观察

'员;瞭望员:::One of the men stood at the door to act os a Zoofcout.有一个人•站在门,口 望风。H7f?l be 'sb’s lookout (BrE, informal) used to say that you do not think sb’s actions are sensible, but that it is their own problem or responsibility.(认为某人的行为不明智)是 某人自己的责任,是某人自己的事:1/he wants to waste his mon^ythat’s.his Zoofcout.他要乱念钱,那是他自己的 事。be on the 'lookout (for sb/sth) J keep a 'lookout (for sb/stU) (informaf) to watch carefully for sb/sth in order to avoid danger, etc. or in order to find sth you want .意;警戒;留心The puWic should be on the Zoofcout/or symptoms /the disease.公众应当留心这种疾 病的症状.

,l〇〇k-'see noun [sing.] {informal, especialty NAm^) a quick look at sth 飞快一瞥Come and Ziave a ioofc-see.快来看 一眼吧。

loom /lu:m/ verb, noun

verb [V] 1 [usually +adv./prep.] to appear as a large shape that is not clear, especially in a frightening or threatening way赫然耸现;(尤指 > 令人惊恐地隐现A daric shape kwned up ahead / us. —个黑糊糊的影子隐 隐出现在我们的前面。2 to appear important or threat­ening and likely to happen soon 显得 突出; 逼近: 77iere was a crisis ooming.危机迫在眉睫。IT»T?1 .loom large to be worrying or frightening and seem hard to avoid令人忧虑> 令人惊恐(并似乎难以避專):rhe prospect / war ioomed iarge战争的阴影在逼近,令人 忧虑。

                  noun a machine for making cloth by twisting threads between other threads which go in a different direction

织布机

loon /lu:n/ noun 1 a large N American bird that eats fish and has a cry like a laugh潜鸟北美食鱼大鸟,.叫 声似笑2 = loony

loonie /'lu:ni/ noun (CanB) the Canadian dollar or a Canadian one-dollar coin 力口拿大元;一加元硬币

loony /'luini/ adj., noun

                  adf). (/>?/om7fl/) crazy or strange发狂的;疯狂的;怪异

的;古怪的

                  noun [pi. -ies) (also loon) (informal) a person who has strange ideas or who beliaves in a strange way 狂人;

疯子;怪^

'loony bin noun (old-fashioned, slang) a humorous and sometimes offensive way of referring to a hospital for peofrfe who are mentally iil (幽默用语,有 W 含冒犯

意)疯人院

loop /lu:p/ noun, verb

notrn 1 a shape like a curve or circle made by a line curving right round and crossing itself 环形;_状物; 圆圈:The road went in a huge loop around the lake, gp 条路环湖绕了一个大圈。2 a piece of rope, wire, etc. in the shape of a curve or circle (绳、电线等的)珠,圈: He tied a oop o/rope aroumi ‘his arm.他在手臂上用绳子 系了一个圈◊ Make a Zoop in the string. _h打个 圈o a belt loop (= on trousers/pants, etc. for holding a belt in place)皮带襻picture c> knot 3 a strip of film or tape on which the pictures and sound are repeated continuously循环电胶片;循环音像磁带77ie7m is on cz Zoop.这部电影已制成循环音像磁带(figurative) His mind kept turning in an endless loop. -flfeS 绪万'4 ■ (co/n^wf/>?‘.).a set of■ instructions that is repeated again and again until a particular condition is satisfied循环;回路;程序中 套重复的指令 5 a complete circuit for electrical current 环路;回 线;.回路 6..'a railway line or road that leaves the main track or road and then joins it again (铁道或'公 路的)环线 7 the Loop (L/5, /n/cw7r?fl/) the business centre of the US city of Chicago大环(指美国芝加哥市 的商.业中;_ } iTOn in the loop | out of the 'loop (informal) part of a group of p>eopie that is dealing with sth impOTtant; not part of this group.属(处理要务的圈'内人士;圈办人士 knock/throw sb for a ’loop (A/Amf, informal) to shock or surprise sb ;使惊讲