Page through Meaning in English

expression

US

ˈpeɪdʒ/ /ˈθɹu

PAYJ THROO

UK

pˈeɪdʒ/ /θɹˈuː

PAYJ throo

التعريف

To quickly turn the pages of a book, magazine, or document, often looking for something or just glancing at the content.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Informal, mainly used for printed material. 'Page through' is less thorough than 'read through' and similar to 'flip through'. Not about studying in detail—implies brief, casual looking.

• Spanish: hojear
• Portuguese (BR): folhear
• Portuguese (PT): folhear
• Chinese (Simplified): 翻阅
• Chinese (Traditional): 翻閱
• Hindi: पन्ने पलटना
• Arabic: تصفح (صفحات)
• Bengali: পাতা উল্টানো
• Russian: листать
• Japanese: パラパラめくる
• Vietnamese: lướt qua (trang)
• Korean: 훑어보다
• Turkish: göz atmak (sayfaları) - sayfaları karıştırmak
• Urdu: صفحے پلٹنا
• Indonesian: membolak-balik (halaman)

جمل نموذجية

I like to page through magazines while waiting.

basic

She paged through the book quickly before buying it.

basic

Please don't page through the documents with dirty hands.

basic

I just paged through last month's report—I didn't read it all.

natural

He likes to page through cookbooks for new recipe ideas.

natural

Sometimes I page through my old journals just for nostalgia.

natural