词组 | appear |
释义 | appear /əˈpɪə $ əˈpɪr/ verb 1. to start to be seennounsa man/woman/boy/girl etc appears A young man appeared at the door and asked to speak to my sister.sb’s face/hand appears The dog’s sleepy face appeared in the back window.a car/ship/plane appears A police car suddenly appeared in his rearview mirror.the sun/moon/clouds appear A pale sun had appeared in the sky.flowers/leaves/shoots appear (=they start to grow) The first flowers appear in the spring.a crack/hole appears Cracks are starting to appear in the ceiling.a report/study/article/story/picture etc appears (=it is published or shown) The study first appeared in the ‘New England Journal of Medicine’.a box/menu appears (=on your computer screen) A box appears, which contains the following message: ‘An error has occurred in your application’.adverbsfirst/originally appear This article first appeared in the ‘New Yorker’ magazine.suddenly appear A big hole suddenly appeared in the street.magically appear These genes did not just magically appear – they developed over millions of years.phrasesappear out of nowhere (=suddenly in a surprising way) A group of masked men appeared out of nowhere and told him to get in the car.THESAURUS: appear pop upface | head | name | menu | sign | restaurant to appear suddenly. Pop up sounds rather informal: A woman’s face popped up from the other side of the fence. | His name keeps popping up in music reviews. | When you press this button, a menu pops up. | New Italian restaurants are popping up all over town. | Michael suddenly popped up and asked us what we were doing. come into viewhouse | building | castle | ship | mountain | coast if something comes into view, you start to see it as you get closer to it, or as it gets closer to you: At the end of the drive, the house came into view. | At that moment, the castle came into view. | The snow-capped mountains came into view. | The coast of France came into view. come outsun | moon | stars to appear in the sky: The sun came out from behind a cloud. | The moon came out as he entered the graveyard. | I sit by my window watching the stars come out. loom/loom upface | figure | shape | building | mountain to suddenly appear in a frightening way: A face loomed up out of the darkness. | They both looked up as the tall figure of Hassan loomed over them. | The dark shape of the castle loomed out of the mist. | A huge grey building loomed over the avenue like an enormous battleship. | The mountain looms over this small mining town. resurface to appear again after being lost or missing – used especially about people or problems: The girl’s father has resurfaced after six years of no contact. | The issue of inaccurate news reports resurfaced last week.If you start to be able to see something, you can say it becomes visible: The shape of the baby’s head gradually became visible on the screen.ANTONYMS → disappear2. to seemGrammarThis meaning of appear is usually used with an adjective, or with the verb to be: She appeared calm at first. | The paintings appear to be by the same person.phrasesit appears (that)... It appears that all the files have been deleted.what appears to be Police have found what appear to be human remains.3. to be seen in public, in a court case, or in a movie, play etcphrasesappear in public The emperor rarely appears in public.appear in court/appear before a judge Griffiths is due to appear in court next month, charged with murder.appear in a film/movie/play/show etc She first appeared in the movie ‘Taxi Driver’.appear on television/on screen The president will appear on national television to talk about the decision. |
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