题目

英语习惯上不说 look up the dictionary

提问时间：2021-01-02

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说明:引用此文请注明出处,并务请保留后面的有效链接地址,谢谢!? ■湖南 陈根花 汉语中的“查字典”,说成英语通常是 look up sth in a dictionary 或consult [refer to] a dictionary.如：I refer to the dictionary frequently. 我经常查阅词典.You can look the word up in the dictionary. 你可以在词典里查这个词.He often consulted a dictionary when he read the book. 他读这本书时经常查字典.I looked the word up in the dictionary to refresh my memory of its exact meaning. 我查了词典,以便弄清这个词的准确意思.I often look up the words I don’t know in the dictionary or on the Internet. 我经常在字典里或网上查找我不认识的单词.“Is that the correct spelling?”“I don’t know—look it up in a dictionary.” “那是正确的拼写吗?”“我不知道——查查词典吧.”I didn’t know what “loquacious” meant and had to look it up in a dictionary. 我不知道loquacious这个是什么意思,所以只好查了词典.有不少人认为英语习惯上不能直接说look up the dictionary, 其实这种表达在英语中也可以用,只是比较少见而已.例如：I spend more time looking up the dictionary than reading the book. 我读这本书时查字典的时间还多些.——摘自张汉熙编《高级英语》（商务印书馆） 引用地址: