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词汇 fossick
释义 fossick
verb[ I ]
informal mainly Australian Englishuk /ˈfɒs.ɪk/ us /ˈfɑː.sɪk/
to search for something amongst other things: 搜寻,寻觅
fossick aroundWe then had to spend about half an hour fossicking around for our bags.然后我们花了半个小时找包。
to look for gold or valuable stones, especially in places where these things were once dug from the ground: (尤指在原有的矿床中)淘金;寻宝
fossick forThey travelled to Glenalva to try fossicking for sapphires.他们前往格兰纳尔瓦试图挖到蓝宝石。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

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Finding and discovering
Digging

Examples of fossick


fossick
Anybody trying to find it for you has to fossick about even more, and then discover how to use it.
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Magpie attacks can cause injuries, typically wounds to the head and particularly the eyes, with potential detached retinas and bacterial infections from a beak used to fossick in the ground.
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