check-out

柯林斯詞典

1. PHRASAL VERB When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave. 退房
They packed and checked out of the hotel. 他們收拾好行李，退了旅館的房。
I was disappointed to miss Bryan, who had just checked out. 我很失望沒(méi)見(jiàn)到布萊恩，他剛剛退房走了。
2. PHRASAL VERB If you check out something or someone, you find out information about them to make sure that everything is correct or satisfactory. 調(diào)查
Maybe we ought to go down to the library and check it out. 也許我們?cè)撊D書館調(diào)查一下。
We ought to check him out on the computer. 我們應(yīng)該在計(jì)算機(jī)上調(diào)查他的信息。
3. PHRASAL VERB If something checks out, it is correct or satisfactory. 成立
She was in San Diego the weekend Jensen got killed. Her alibi checked out. 詹森遇害的那個(gè)周末她在圣地亞哥。她不在現(xiàn)場(chǎng)的申辯成立。
4. PHRASAL VERB If you check out a library book, you borrow it for a fixed period of time. 借出
No books can be checked out after 6 p.m. tomorrow. 明天下午6點(diǎn)以后圖書不可以借出。
5. →see also checkout