look on• I promised to look in onDad and see if he's feeling better.• But first he stopped to look in onGraceSands.• Could you go up and look in onGranny for a minute?• She thought about Francesca, facing this operationalone, and decided to look in on her later that day.• He knew the grandmother and occasionally looked in on her.• When the First Ladylooked in on him and discovered he was missing, she panicked and sounded the alarm.• Raymond has one blank eye, looking in on himself, in the mask-like side of the painting.• A hunter passing by looked in on the grandmother and found the wolf.• I looked in on them fairly frequently after that.• I looked in on you a short while ago and you were fastasleep.• Tom will look in on you later to see if you need anything.
ˈlook-in noun
get/have a look-in[usually in negatives]British EnglishBrE informalCHANCE/OPPORTUNITY to have a chance to take part in or succeed in something 有参与的机会;有成功的希望
Arsenal barely got a look-in (=were very unsuccessful) during the second half of the match.
下半场中阿森纳队几乎没有任何机会。
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get/have a look-in• When it comes to the 3,000 metressteeplechase, no other country gets a look-in.• Powys & Jones have real promise but can't get a look-in.• Torque-steer wouldn't get a look-in.
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look-in• Torque-steer wouldn't get a look-in.• When it comes to the 3,000 metressteeplechase, no other country gets a look-in.• The party hardly got a look-in.
phrasal verbphr v informalVISITto make a shortvisit to someone, while you are going somewhere else, especially if they are ill or need help 〔顺道〕探望,看望〔尤在某人生病或需要帮忙时〕SYN drop in, call in
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I promised to look in on Dad and see if he’s feeling any better.
我答应去探望爸爸,看他是否好一点了。
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look on• I promised to look in onDad and see if he's feeling better.• But first he stopped to look in onGraceSands.• Could you go up and look in onGranny for a minute?• She thought about Francesca, facing this operationalone, and decided to look in on her later that day.• He knew the grandmother and occasionally looked in on her.• When the First Ladylooked in on him and discovered he was missing, she panicked and sounded the alarm.• Raymond has one blank eye, looking in on himself, in the mask-like side of the painting.• A hunter passing by looked in on the grandmother and found the wolf.• I looked in on them fairly frequently after that.• I looked in on you a short while ago and you were fastasleep.• Tom will look in on you later to see if you need anything.