peruse

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pəˈɹuːz/    美 /pəˈɹuːz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
    — A peruse of the website looked promising […]
动词 v.
  1. To examine or consider with care. transitive
    — Sitting on a low stool, a few yards from her arm-chair, I examined her figure; I perused her features.
  2. To read completely. transitive
    — This survey may be made by perusing al Books and taking notice of all Mechanicall Inventions.
  3. To look over casually; to skim. informal,transitive
    — Haynes quickly perused the message, then took it to the captain on the bridge.
  4. To go from place to place; to wander. intransitive,regional
    — I loved to straggle off in the mornings […], just perusing around for firewood.

词形变化

peruses present,singular,third-person perusing participle,present perused participle,past perused past peruses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
perusable perusal perusement peruser reperuse unperused

词源

词源 1
From either Medieval Latin perūtor, perūsitō (“wear out”) or Anglo-Norman peruser (“use up”), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today. By surface analysis, per- + use.
词源 2
From either Medieval Latin perūtor, perūsitō (“wear out”) or Anglo-Norman peruser (“use up”), originally leading to two concurrent meanings, but only those derived from "to examine" survive today. By surface analysis, per- + use.
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