looksthup
—phrasal verbwithlookverbuk/lʊk/us/lʊk/
B1
totrytofindapieceofinformationbylookingin abookor on acomputer
查阅，检索；（在计算机中）搜索
If you don'tknowwhat the wordmeans,lookit upinadictionary.你如果不知道这个词的含义，就查查词典吧。
- How can youlookthe word up if you don'tknowhow tospellit?
- Thesoftwarelooksup wordsautomatically.
- Does anybodylookupslangwords in thedictionary?
- I had tolookup the word 'possession' tocheckhow tospellit.
- You couldtrylookinghim up in adictionaryofbiography.