lookout
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A lookout is a place from which you can see clearly in all directions. 瞭望臺
Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp. 軍隊(duì)試圖在一個(gè)難民營里設(shè)一個(gè)瞭望臺。
2. N-COUNT A lookout is someone who is watching for danger in order to warn other people about it. 望風(fēng)者
One of them, Bayer's girlfriend, helped plan the botched burglary and acted as a lookout. 其中一個(gè)是拜爾的女朋友，她幫助策劃了這次拙劣的入室盜竊并充當(dāng)了望風(fēng)者。
3. PHRASE If someone keeps a lookout, especially on a boat, they look around all the time in order to make sure there is no danger. 小心戒備
He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night. 他否認(rèn)那天晚上他未能小心警戒。
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lookout /?l?k?a?t/ (lookouts)
劍橋詞典
- a person who watches for danger
放哨者，望風(fēng)者
One of the burglars waited outside to act as a lookout. 其中一個(gè)盜賊等在外面望風(fēng)。
a high place where a person can look at what is happening in the area around them, especially in order to watch for any danger
（尤指防備危險(xiǎn)的）望塔，望臺
US and Australian English
a place from where a person can look at something, especially at an area of natural beauty
（尤指自然風(fēng)光）觀景處
比較
viewpoint (SIGHT)
?be on the lookout for sth/sb
to search for something or someone
尋找，查找，搜索
I'm always on the lookout for interesting new recipes . 我總是熱衷于尋找新的有意思的菜譜。
?keep a lookout for sth/sb
to continue to watch carefully for something or someone, especially in order to avoid danger
（尤指為防備危險(xiǎn)而）繼續(xù)密切注意，繼續(xù)關(guān)注
Keep a lookout for small objects that a baby might swallow . 注意不要讓嬰兒吞食小東西。