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The senses

1. Hearing​

listen up​

  • pay attention 听我说，注意听

Listen up! You're going to fail your exam unless you start working a bit harder. 听好了！你如果不开始再用功点，考试就要挂了。

listen to​

  • pay attention to someone talking or something making a sound 倾听，听

Dayita listened to the radio while she ate her breakfast. 达伊塔吃早餐时听着收音机。

hear about​

  • receive information about something 听说，得知

Have you heard about the new gym in town? It's supposed to be great. 你听说过镇上那家新健身房了吗？据说很棒。

listen in (on)​

  • secretly listen to someone 偷听，窃听

Andy hid behind the curtain so he could listen in on Carmen and Simon's conversation. 安迪躲在窗帘后面，这样他就能偷听卡门和西蒙的谈话。

listen out for​

  • listen attentively to hear a noise you are expecting 留心听着

Marion asked her son to listen out for the doorbell while she was in the garden. 马里昂让儿子在她待在花园里时留心听着门铃。

hear out​

  • listen to someone without interrupting 听某人说完

Please hear me out! I don't want to be a lawyer. I want to be an actor! 请听我说完！我不想当律师。我想当演员！

2. Smell and taste​

smell of​

  • have the smell of something 有...的气味

Alex's cookies smelled of cinnamon. I asked to try one. 亚历克斯做的曲奇饼有肉桂的味道。我要了一个尝尝。

stink out​

  • cause somewhere to smell unpleasant (informal) 熏臭，使充满臭味

Whatever Pablo has cooked is stinking the whole house out. 不管巴勃罗做了什么，整个屋子都被熏臭了。

sniff around​

  • try to find information 四处打探，打听

That journalist's been sniffing around again trying to find out what's going on. 那个记者又在四处打探，想搞清楚发生了什么事。

taste of​

  • have the flavor of something 有...的味道

This soup is delicious! It tastes of tomato and basil. 这汤真好喝！有番茄和罗勒的味道。

3. Sight​

look for​

  • search for something 寻找

Robert has been looking for his glasses all afternoon. He can't find them anywhere. 罗伯特整个下午都在找他的眼镜。他哪儿都找不到。

look on​

  • watch something without taking part 旁观

We all looked on in silence as the magician seemed to cut the person in half. 我们都静静地看着，魔术师似乎把人切成了两半。

look over​

  • raise yourself to see past an obstacle 翻看，看过去

The children looked over the wall, trying to see where the ball had landed. 孩子们从墙头看过去，想看看球落在哪里了。

look into​

  • look at a hole, room, or hollow object to see what is inside 朝...里面看，窥视

Sarah and Dionne looked into the well. There was no sign of the bottom. 莎拉和迪翁往井里看了看，根本看不到底。

look out over​

  • have a view of 俯瞰，眺望

Vineeta's summerhouse has the perfect location. It looks out over a lake. 维妮塔的避暑别墅位置绝佳，可以俯瞰一个湖泊。

look at​

  • examine something 看，注视，检查

The geologist looked at each of the rocks. They were unlike anything he'd seen before. 地质学家查看了每一块岩石，它们都与他以前见过的不同。

look out for​

  • pay attention to notice something 留意，注意，提防

While you're in the national park, look out for bald eagles near the rivers and lakes. 你在国家公园时，留意一下河流和湖泊附近的白头雕。

look away​

  • turn your eyes away from something 扭头看别处，别过脸去

The scary scene in the movie made everyone look away. 电影中可怕的场景让所有人都别过脸去。

look through​

  • look at one side of something to see what is on the other side 透过...看

Marcus looked through his telescope to see the moon. 马库斯透过望远镜看月亮。

spy on​

  • secretly watch someone 监视，窥探

Fiona spied on her colleagues to steal their ideas. 菲奥娜监视同事以窃取他们的想法。