look round

English

look round

To inspect a building or area.
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
  He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
We're interested in buying this house, can we look round tomorrow?
To search a place.
I can't find my keys, so I'll look round.
(intransitive) To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself.
He heard a voice and looked round to see a man wearing dark clothes.

单词	look round
释义	look round English Alternative forms look around Verb look round To inspect a building or area. 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 10, in The Mirror and the Lamp: He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own. We're interested in buying this house, can we look round* tomorrow?* To search a place. I can't find my keys, so I'll look round. (intransitive) To turn one's head to see what is behind oneself. He heard a voice and looked round* to see a man wearing dark clothes.*
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