Look atとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

look at (三人称単数 現在形 looks at, 現在分詞 looking at, 過去形および過去分詞形 looked at)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look,‎ at.
2. (transitive) To observe or watch (something).
   • 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:

     The dinghy was trailing astern at the end of its painter, and Merrion looked at it as he passed. He saw that it was a battered-looking affair of the prahm type, with a blunt snout, and like the parent ship, had recently been painted a vivid green.

3. (transitive) To study (something) visually.
   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 10, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.

4. (transitive) To consider.

   I looked at the possibility of buying a new car, but my current one still runs great and it's paid off.

   • 2021 November 17, Anthony Lambert, “How do we grow the leisure market?”, in RAIL, number 944, page 37:

     This first article looked at the present situation and asks if lessons can be learned from the past, when the railways were the prime mover in the development of tourism and leisure travel.