stare at sb. up and down; eye [survey] sb. from head to toe; look sb. over from head to foot; look sb. up and down; scrutinize [examine; measure] sb. from head to foot; size sb. up from head to toe
打量 1.(观察) measure with the eye; look sb. up and down; size up 把陌生人上下打量一番 look a stranger up and down; 他不怀好意地打量我。 he sized me up viciously.2.(以为; 估计) think; suppose; reckon 你打量她这点事都干不了? do you think she can't do a little job like that
上下 1.(职务、辈分上的高低) high and low; old and young 举国上下 the whole nation; 全家上上下下都很高兴。 all members of the family, old and young, are very pleased.2.(从上到下) from top to bottom; up and down 这个水塔上下有五十米。 the water tower is fifty metres high.3.(从高到低或从低到高) go up and down 摩天楼里有电梯, 上下很方便。 with an elevator in the skyscraper, we can easily go up and down.4.(程度高低) relative superiority or inferiority 不相上下 equally matched; about the same; 难分上下 hard to tell which is better5.(用在数量词后面) about; or so; or thereabouts 三十岁上下 about thirty years old; thirty or so
As soon as they got into the street they beheld a man on horseback gazing up and down 他们一走进街道,就看见一个骑马的人在上下打量他们。
You should have seen how his brothers and sisters gave me the once - over when they met me for the first time 你真该看到他的兄弟姐妹第一次见到我上下打量我的那副样子。
The high guy conjectured this object that is similar to person ' s fish up and down , seeing the saliva almost flow to come out 高佬上下打量了这条类似人鱼的物体,看到口水差点流了出来。
" we re not exactly in need of anybody , " he went on vaguely , looking her over as one would a package “我们并不非常需要人, ”他含含糊糊地继续说,就像打量一个包裹一样,把她上下打量了一番。
She was taking him in ? the solid tweed overcoat , his face clean - shaven and flushed with cold , his trim fingernails 她上下打量着他:端整的斜纹软呢大衣,胡子刮得干干净净,脸颊冻得通红,指甲修剪得整整齐齐。
We met the owners several times , sat down with them and ate their cake while they inspected us , up and down , for moral energy 我们与房主见了几次面,跟他们坐在一起吃他们的饼干,而他们也在上下打量我们,以寻找道德上的力量。
The fellow i spoke to made no answer at first , looked me up and down , noticed that i was almost in rags , then said , " just a minute . 我所问的那个家伙起先一声也不响,上下打量我,注意到我衣衫褴褛,然后他说: “稍等一会儿。 ”
After eying me up and down , the father challenged me : " tell me , young man , are your intentions toward our daughter honorable or dishonorable ? 把我上下打量了一遍,她父亲质问我: “告诉我,你对我女儿的意图是不是光明磊落的? ”
" what a cursed thing that mrs . vance s call was , anyhow , " he thought . " stood right there , and looked me over . i know what she was thinking . “不管怎么说,万斯太太这次来访真是件该死的事, ”他想, “就那么站着,上下打量着我,我知道她在想些什么。 ”
In one dinner party , a capitalist eyed bony bernard shawup and down regretfully , and said in all seriousness , “ look atyour appearance , it really makes people believe that all the britishare starving 在一次宴会上,一个资本家用遗憾的目光上下打量着瘦骨嶙峋的肖伯纳,一本正经地说: “看看你的模样,真叫人以为英国人都在挨饿。 ”