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To peruse something is to read it, especially with care: you go through it and really look. That is the meaning books teach. Though actually, a lot of English speakers also use it for a lighter look — they “peruse” a menu or the shelves, meaning they let their eyes wander, not that they study every word. Some teachers call that loose; in real life both uses are common. Either way the word sounds a little formal. An older meaning, “to use something up until it is gone,” has died out.
細讀、詳閱（口語裡有人也用來表示隨便翻翻、瀏覽；課本多半只收「仔細讀」）
組成From either Medieval Latin perūtor, perūsitō (“wear out”) or Anglo-Norman peruser (“use up”). Those two lines of meaning once lived side by side; only the “examine / read” line survived. By surface analysis it looks like per- (“through”) + use.
同家族的字
- perusalthe noun for the act of perusing
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
peruseverb/pəˈɹuːz/
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To examine or consider with care.
- Sitting on a low stool, a few yards from her arm-chair, I examined her figure; I perused her features.
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To read completely.
- This survey may be made by perusing al Books and taking notice of all Mechanicall Inventions.
- We are for reasons that, after perusing this manuscript, you may be able to guess, going away again this time to Central Asia […]
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informalTo look over casually; to skim.
- Haynes quickly perused the message, then took it to the captain on the bridge.
- She asked Denise for the court file, which she fussed from her handbag. The woman perused it briefly and then beamed up at me.
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regionalTo go from place to place; to wander.
- I loved to straggle off in the mornings […], just perusing around for firewood.
perusenoun/pəˈɹuːz/
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An examination or perusal; an instance of perusing.
- A peruse of the website looked promising […]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。