lookout

英 [ˈlʊkaʊt]

美 [ˈlʊkaʊt]

n. 监视处; 观察所; 瞭望台; 监视员; 观察员; 瞭望员

复数：lookouts　第三人称单数：lookouts　

Collins.1 / BNC.14006 / COCA.10483

习惯用语

be sb's lookout

（认为某人的行为不明智）是某人自己的责任，是某人自己的事
used to say that you do not think sb's actions are sensible, but that it is their own problem or responsibility.
If he wants to waste his money, that's his lookout.
他要乱花钱，那是他自己的事。

be on the lookout (for sb/sth)

keep a lookout (for sb/sth)

注意；警戒；留心
to watch carefully for sb/sth in order to avoid danger, etc. or in order to find sth you want
The public should be on the lookout for symptoms of the disease.
公众应当留心这种疾病的症状。

noun

监视处；观察所；瞭望台
a place for watching from, especially for danger or an enemy coming towards you
1. a lookout point/tower
  瞭望哨 / 塔
监视员；观察员；瞭望员
a person who has the responsibility of watching for sth, especially danger, etc.
1. One of the men stood at the door to act as a lookout.
  有一个人站在门口望风。

N-COUNT 瞭望台；观察所
Alookoutis a place from which you can see clearly in all directions.
1. Troops tried to set up a lookout post inside a refugee camp.
  部队试图在难民营里设一个瞭望哨。
观察员；守望员；望风者
Alookoutis someone who is watching for danger in order to warn other people about it.
PHRASE （尤指在船上）守望，警戒
If someonekeeps a lookout, especially on a boat, they look around all the time in order to make sure there is no danger.
1. He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night.
  他否认当晚守望不力。
PHRASE 密切留意；小心提防
If youare keeping a lookoutfor something orare on the lookoutfor it, you are alert and careful about it, either because you do not want to miss it or because it will be unpleasant or harmful and you need to avoid it.
1. Keep a lookout for a nasty little organization calling itself Defence Through Strength...
  要警惕一个自称“实力防卫”的可恶组织。
2. Nature lovers will be on the lookout for eagles, cormorants, and the occasional whale.
  自然爱好者要密切留意鹰、鸬鹚和偶尔出现的鲸鱼。

noun

the act of looking out
Synonym:outlook
a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings
Synonym:observation towerlookout stationobservatory
an elevated post affording a wide view
Synonym:observation post
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
Synonym:lookout mansentinelsentrywatchspotterscoutpicket

Keep a lookout for a nasty little organization calling itself Defence Through Strength
要警惕一个自称“实力防卫”的可恶组织。
You can survey the whole town from this lookout.
你可以从这个嘹望台眺望整个城镇。
He stood on the lookout tower and gazed into the wilderness.
他站在了望塔上，向荒野里凝望。
It's your own lookout if you aren't properly insured.
如果你投保不当，这就是你自己的事。
We need to keep a lookout for home.
我们得留意寻找家。
I was forgetting all his faults, for which I had once kept a sharp lookout.
我渐渐地忘却了他所有的缺点，对这些缺点，我有一个时期曾密切注意过。
The gang ran off and left their lookout at a fall guy.
那伙人逃跑了，让他们守望员当了替罪羊。
While on the lookout for danger, one day he came across the hunter and saw what he did.
当他注意到这种危险的时候，一天他遇到了猎人并且看到了猎人是怎样抓住那些鹌鹑的。
Courthouse officials are on the lookout for suspicious activity.
法院官员们目前对可疑活动都保持着警惕。
If you want to go into that lion's cage, it's your own lookout.
如果你愿意到狮笼里去，那是你自己的事。