look up

英 ['lʊkʌp]

美 ['lʊkˌʌp]

v. 查找; 查阅; 探望; 看望

柯林斯词典

PHRASAL VERB （在参考书、列表等中）查检（事实或信息）
If youlook upa fact or a piece of information, you find it out by looking in something such as a reference book or a list.
1. I looked your address up in the personnel file...
  我在人事档案里找到了你的地址。
2. Many people have to look up the meaning of this word in the dictionary.
  这个词的意思很多人都要查字典才知道。
PHRASAL VERB 拜访，探访，看望（久未见面的人）
If youlooksomeoneup, you visit them after not having seen them for a long time.
1. I'll try to look him up, ask him a few questions...
  我会设法登门拜访，问他几个问题。
2. She looked up some friends of bygone years.
  她去看望了一些过去的老朋友。
PHRASAL VERB 改善；好转
If a situationis looking up, it is improving.
1. Things could be looking up in the computer industry.
  计算机行业的情况可能会好转。

verb

seek information from
1. You should consult the dictionary
2. refer to your notes
Synonym:consultrefer

After fishing for the right word, I decided to look up in the dictionary.
我想尽办法来找一个合适的词，最后还是决定查查字典。
You can look up and select from existing users in the database.
您可以从数据库中的现有用户进行查找和选择。
Who would look up to us?
谁会瞧得起我们？
My older brother Bonaventure also plays football so I look up to him a lot.
我有很多姐妹和两个哥哥，对我来说他们都是灵感的源泉，我的哥哥Bonaventure也踢球，我很尊敬他。
This eliminates the need to look up the proper syntax from the manual, improving productivity.
这消除了从手册中查找正确语法的需要，从而提高了工作效率。
You will be the only one they will look up to and you will have their undivided unconditional love.
你将是唯一一他们将寻找和你将有其不可分割的，无条件的爱。
When you look up to me as some kind of authority, you have misunderstood my message.
当你们把我作为权威而仰视我时，就是误解了我的信息。
Things could be looking up in the computer industry.
计算机行业的情况可能会好转。
She looked up some friends of bygone years.
她去看望了一些过去的老朋友。
You happen to look up and see a rainbow over what looks like a white gate.
你不经意地往上看了一眼，发现一条彩虹，横跨在一个看起来像是白色的大门的物体上。