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词汇 ferreted
释义 ferreted
past simple and past participle offerret
ferret
verb
 informaluk /ˈfer.ɪt/ us /ˈfer.ət/
[ I+ adv/prep ]UK
to search for something by moving things around with your hands, especially in a drawer, bag, or other closed space: (尤指在抽屉、包等中)搜寻,翻找
ferret aroundI was just ferreting around in my drawer for my passport.我当时正翻抽屉找我的护照。
[ I ]
to search for something or someone, by looking in many places or asking many questions: 四处搜寻;探查
After a bit of ferreting, I managed to find his address.四处搜寻了一会儿,我找到了他的地址。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Searching
-seeking
beachcomb
beachcomber
beachcombing
body search
bounty hunter
divine
hunter
hunting ground
keep your/an eye out for someone/somethingidiom
leave no stone unturnedidiom
manhunt
needle
scout
scratch
search
seek someone/something out
seeker
shake someone down
troll

Phrasal verb


ferret something out

Examples of ferreted


ferreted

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


The existence of intermediates is sometimes apparent directly in the kinetics or can be ferreted out by using denaturants to tilt the landscape.
I make no claim to have ferreted out all of these clues.
No study has yet ferreted out data practices that industry declines to divulge.
I have ferreted in all parts, and am thoroughly acquainted with both rabbits and hares.
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He has also ferreted out the tax dodgers, which everyone would surely cheer.
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Surely it is not much to make a case of, that individual letters can be found, can be ferreted out three years afterwards.
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Some of them have had to be ferreted out from perhaps 150 or 200 different company accounts.
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Very often, the information that one needs has to be ferreted out.
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What sort of problem is this that has suddenly been ferreted out in the midst of the procedure?
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By the time one restrictive practice has been ferreted out into the light of day, and ceremonially unscrambled, another is devised.
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I have ferreted away, trying to find the capabilities that must be retained for national security reasons.
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I have said that it is not in the public interest that private matters of this kind should be ferreted out and discussed in public.
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I hope that sooner or later the facts are ferreted out and are subjected to the fullest possible public scrutiny.
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He ferreted in his pocket and produced some combinations, opened the doors and invited us in to see that the safe space was too large for his needs.
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But they will be ferreted out.
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