look through
look
lƊk
look
through
θru:
throo
/lˈʊk θɹˈuː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "look through"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to look through
[phrase form: look]
01

āĻāϞāĻ•āĻžāύ⧋, āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to quickly read or examine something
Transitive: to look through sth
to look through definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I will look through my notes before taking the test.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āύ⧋āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇ āύ⧇āĻŦāĨ¤
02

āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻŦ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to observe something on the other side of a narrow opening or space
Transitive: to look through an opening or space
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She 's looking through the magnifying glass to examine the tiny details of the insect.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āϛ⧋āϟ āϛ⧋āϟ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ—āύāĻŋāĻĢāĻžāχāĻ‚ āĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāϏ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž

to examine something carefully in order to find something specific
Transitive: to look through sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He looked through the drawers to find his grandma ’s old photo album.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§€āϰ āĻĒ⧁āϰāĻžāύ⧋ āĻĢāĻŸā§‹ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻŦāĻžāĻŽ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĒ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĄā§āϰāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϖ⧁āρāĻœā§‡ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āωāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āϤ⧇ āύāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to intentionally avoid acknowledging or noticing someone who is present and visible
Transitive: to look through sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I looked through her as if she was n't even there.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āωāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāϞāĻžāĻŽ āϝ⧇āύ āϏ⧇ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ