lookout
柯林斯词典
1. N-COUNT A lookout is a place from which you can see clearly in all directions. 瞭望台
Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp. 军队试图在一个难民营里设一个瞭望台。
2. N-COUNT A lookout is someone who is watching for danger in order to warn other people about it. 望风者
One of them, Bayer's girlfriend, helped plan the botched burglary and acted as a lookout. 其中一个是拜尔的女朋友,她帮助策划了这次拙劣的入室盗窃并充当了望风者。
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. 小心戒备
He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night. 他否认那天晚上他未能小心警戒。
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lookout /ˈlʊkˌaʊt/ (lookouts)
剑桥词典
- a person who watches for danger
放哨者,望风者
One of the burglars waited outside to act as a lookout. 其中一个盗贼等在外面望风。
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
(尤指防备危险的)望塔,望台
US and Australian English
a place from where a person can look at something, especially at an area of natural beauty
(尤指自然风光)观景处
比较
viewpoint (SIGHT)
be on the lookout for sth/sb
to search for something or someone
寻找,查找,搜索
I'm always on the lookout for interesting new recipes . 我总是热衷于寻找新的有意思的菜谱。
keep a lookout for sth/sb
to continue to watch carefully for something or someone, especially in order to avoid danger
(尤指为防备危险而)继续密切注意,继续关注
Keep a lookout for small objects that a baby might swallow . 注意不要让婴儿吞食小东西。