appear, look, seem

appearance, look, face, aspect

look, see, watch, observe, witness

名詞 look:

1. the feelings expressed on a person's face
   同義詞：expression, aspect, facial expression, face
2. the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
   同義詞：looking, looking at
3. physical appearance
4. the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
   同義詞：spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, smell

動詞 look:

1. perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards
2. give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
   同義詞：appear, seem
3. have a certain outward or facial expression
4. search or seek
   同義詞：search
5. be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to
   同義詞：front, face
6. take charge of or deal with
   同義詞：attend, take care, see
7. convey by one's expression
8. look forward to the probable occurrence of
   同義詞：expect, await, wait
9. accord in appearance with
10. have faith or confidence in
    同義詞：count, bet, depend, calculate, reckon

1. Can't you look where you're going? You nearly knocked me over!
   看，你這是往哪里走？差點兒把我撞倒了
2. Just look at this beautiful present.
   快來看看這件漂亮的禮物吧。
3. It looks bad not going to your own brother's wedding.
   連親兄弟的婚禮都不參加，這太說不過去了。
4. The window looks upon the street.
   這扇窗戶面向大街。
5. He looked at the baby with a smile.
   他笑著看著這個嬰兒。
6. They looked forward very much to seeing him again.
   他們非常盼望再次見到他。
7. He looks nervous.
   他看上去很緊張。

look

v.（動詞）
looked,look.ing,looks
v.intr.（不及物動詞）

To employ one`s sight, especially in a given direction or on a given object:
看，注視：觀看，尤指在某一特定方向或在某一特定物上：
例句：
looking out the window; looked at the floor.
向窗外看；看地板

To search:
尋找：
例句：
We looked all afternoon but could not find it.
我們找了一個下午但是找不到它

To turn one`s glance or gaze:
往…看：轉移某人的視線：
例句：
looked to the right.
向右看

To turn one`s attention; attend:
轉移注意力；注意：
例句：
looked to his neglected guitar during vacation.
在假期里想到了他那被遺忘的吉它

To turn one`s expectations:
轉移期望：
例句：
looked to us for a solution.
向我們尋找解答

To seem or appear to be:
似乎，顯得：看似或看起來：
例句：
look morose.See Synonyms at seem
看起來不高興參見 seem

To face in a specified direction:
朝向：面對某一特定方向：
例句：
The cottage looks on the river.
小屋對著河

v.tr.（及物動詞）
To turn one`s eyes on:
轉移目光于：
例句：
looked him in the eye.
看著他的眼睛

To convey by one`s expression:
用某人的表情傳達：
例句：
looked annoyance at the judge; looked his devotion to me.
惱怒地看著法官；用熱誠的眼神看著我

To have an appearance of conformity with:
符合：看起來與…一致：
例句：
He looks his age. She dressed up to look the part.
他看起來與他的年齡相符。他化了妝以便看起來合乎身份

To appear to be:
看起來象：
例句：
looked the fool in one version of the story.
看起來象是故事中傻瓜的角色

n.（名詞）

The act or instance of looking:
看：看的行動或事例：
例句：
I took just one look and I was sure.
我只看了一眼就確認了

A gaze or glance expressive of something:
眼色，眼神：表達某種含義的目光：
例句：
gave her a mournful look.
悲傷地看了她一眼

Appearance or aspect:
外表，外貌：
例句：
a look of great age.
看起來年頭很久

looks Physical appearance, especially when pleasing.
looks 容貌，臉色：身體的外表，尤指高興時的
A distinctive, unified manner of dress or fashion:
穿著的方式，流行的式樣：特殊的、一致的穿著方式或時尚：
例句：
the preferred look for this fall.
今年秋天的流行打扮

<常用詞組>look after
To take care of:
照顧：
例句：
looked after his younger brother.
照顧他的小弟弟

look for
To search for; seek:
尋找；搜索：
例句：
looking for my gloves.
找我的手套

To expect:
希望：
例句：
Look for a change of weather in March.
希望三月天氣會變

look on 或
look upon
To regard in a certain way:
認為，看待：用某種方式看待：
例句：
looked on them as incompetents.
認為他們不勝任

look out
To be watchful or careful; take care:
小心，當心；注意：
例句：
If you don`t look out, you may fall on the ice. We looked out for each other on the trip.
如果不小心的話，你會在冰上摔倒的。我們在旅途中互相照看

look to
To expect:
期望：
例句：
He looked to hear from her.
他期望收到她的信

To seem about to; promise to:
看似將要；許諾做：
例句：
.an ‘Action Program,’ which . . . looked to reduce tariffs on over ,800 items.(Alan D. Romberg)
.一個…許諾削減500種物品關稅的‘行動計劃’.(艾倫D.龍伯格)

look up
To search for and find, as in a reference book.
查找：在參考書中尋找并找到
To visit:
拜訪：
例句：
look up an old friend.
拜訪一個老朋友

To become better; improve:
變得更好；改善：
例句：
Things are at last looking up.
情況終于有所改觀

<習慣用語>look a gift horse in the mouth【非正式用語】
To be critical or suspicious of something one has received without expense.
天上掉下的餡餅：對不付任何代價就得到的某物表示批評或懷疑
look alive 或
look sharp 【非正式用語】
To act or respond quickly:
快：快速地行動或反應：
例句：
Look alive! We leave in five minutes.
快點！我們五分鐘內出發(fā)

look down on 或
look down upon
To regard with contempt or condescension.
輕視：以輕蔑或屈尊的態(tài)度看待
look down (one`s) nose at 或
look down (one`s) nose on
To regard with contempt or condescension.
輕視：以輕蔑或屈尊的態(tài)度看待
look forward to
To think of (a future event) with pleasurable, eager anticipation:
期望：以滿意、急切的希望想著（將來的一件事）：
例句：
looking forward to graduation.
期待著畢業(yè)

look up to
To admire:
仰慕：
例句：
looked up to the older poet.
仰慕那位年老些的詩人

來源：
Middle English loken
中古英語 loken
from Old English lôcian
源自 古英語 lôcian