look down

look down
◆ look down
vi
1. (glance) nach unten sehen [o schauen] [o blicken]
▪ to \look down down at sb/sth zu jdm/etw hinuntersehen
▪ to \look down down on sb/sth auf jdn/etw hinuntersehen
2. (fig: despise)
▪ to \look down down [up]on sb/sth auf jdn/etw herabsehen [o herabblicken] [o ÖSTERR herabschauen
3. (examine)
to \look down down a list/page eine Liste/Seite von oben bis unten durchgehen
4. ECON sich akk verschlechtern
5.
▶ to \look down down one's nose at sb/sth auf jdn/etw herabsehen [o herabblicken] [o ÖSTERR herabschauen]
* * *
vi
hinunter-/heruntersehen or -schauen (dial) or -gucken (inf)

we looked down the hole — wir sahen etc ins Loch hinunter

look down on the valley below — sieh etc ins Tal hinunter

* * *
look down
A v/i
1. hinunterblicken, -sehen, -schauen, herunterblicken, -sehen, -schauen (alle:
[up]on auf akk, zu):
look down (up)on fig
a) herunterblicken oder -sehen oder herabsehen auf (akk),
b) → academic.ru/43767/look_onto">look onto
2. den Blick senken, zu Boden blicken
3. fig look down one’s look down at umg die Nase rümpfen über (akk);
B v/t durch Blicke einschüchtern
* * *
(at) v.
herabsehen (auf) v.

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