1READ[intransitiveI] to look through the pages of a book, magazine etc without a particular purpose, just looking at the most interesting parts 随意翻阅,浏览〔书刊等〕
browse through
Jon was browsing through the photographs.
乔恩在翻看照片。
2LOOK AT[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to look at the goods in a shop without wanting to buy any particular thing 〔在商店里〕随便看看
browse around
The trip allows you plenty of time for browsing around the shops.
此次旅行会让你有足够的时间逛商店。
tourists browsing the boutiques and souvenir stalls
在时装店和纪念品小摊上转悠的游客
3[intransitiveI, transitiveT] to search for information on a computer or on the Internet 〔在计算机或因特网上〕浏览〔信息〕
a feature that allows you to browse your hard drive and choose the graphic you want to display
browse through• We browsed through a few travel books to get some ideas of where to go.• I was browsing through a magazine at the stationbookstall when I noticed Susan.
Originbrowse
(1500-1600) Probably from early Frenchbrouster, from broust“bud, shoot”