Look up ni kutafuta taarifa, kama neno kamusini, namba ya simu au ratiba. Huhusu ukweli mahususi katika kitabu cha marejeo, programu au injini ya utafutaji. Maana ya pili ya kawaida ni kuinua macho: She looked up from her book.
Unataka kutumia look up katika mazungumzo?
Tunga sentensi; tutaonyesha makosa na kupendekeza namna ya kusema inayofaa zaidi.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
look up + word/number/information; look it/them up; look up from + book/screen
- I looked up the opening hours online before we drove to the museum.
- Whenever I see a new word in an article, I look it up and write my own example.
- She looked up from her laptop when her manager walked in.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaIf you don't know the word, look up it in the dictionary.
Baada ya marekebishoIf you don't know the word, look it up in the dictionary.
Maneno mafupi kama it na them huenda kati ya look na up: look it up. Kwa nomino ya kawaida, mpangilio wote miwili unawezekana: look up the word na look the word up. Look up it si mpangilio sahihi, hata kama kuweka yambwa mwishoni kunaonekana kuwa na mantiki.
Look for ni kutafuta kitu kilichopotea au ambacho bado huna: I'm looking for my keys. Look up ni kutafuta taarifa maalumu katika kamusi, ratiba au injini ya utafutaji. Huwezi kutumia look up kumaanisha kutafuta funguo zilizopotea.
Zamu yako
I didn't know the word 'reluctant', so I ___ in an online dictionary.
Onyesha jibu
looked it up — It huenda kati ya looked na up; hivyo ndivyo kitenzi hiki kinavyofanya kazi kwa viwakilishi kama it na them. Looked up it si mpangilio sahihi ingawa maana inaweza kueleweka.
Ulitafuta taarifa gani karibuni kabla ya safari au mkutano muhimu? Andika ulitafuta nini hasa na wapi, ukitumia look up.
Before my job interview, I looked up the company's latest news on its website.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.