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词汇 rummaged
释义 rummaged
past simple and past participle ofrummage
rummage
verb[ I+ adv/prep ]
uk /ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/ us /ˈrʌm.ɪdʒ/
to search for something that is difficult to find among other things:
rummage in/throughShe rummaged in/through all the drawers, looking for a pen.她把所有抽屉都翻了个遍,想找支笔。
The chapters overlap and interrelate and readers in search of particular information will have to rummage.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to search for something
searchI've searched everywhere and can't find my passport.
lookShe was looking in her handbag for a pen.
huntI've hunted all over the place but I can't find that book.
rummageHe rummaged through his pockets, looking for his keys.
ferret outThe inspector general has broad powers to ferret out fraud on the state and local level.
combPolice combed the area for evidence.
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

Examples of rummaged


rummaged

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


Anyway, in those days all nature, all human life seemed to us to be rather clear, and we looked condescendingly upon physicists, chemists, and utilitarians, who rummaged in course matter.
He rummaged in the drawers at the lab and found the strongest possible compound, which happened to be chlorpromazine which they then wrote up in a paper in 1952.
I have no doubt that as further dusty archives are rummaged it will not be long before 60 will be an understatement.
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Hansard archive

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The further education provisions remind me of the lucky dip, where one rummaged around in the sawdust and ended up with the suspicion that very little had been put in.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
All of the rooms were rummaged, but nothing of worth was found.
From
Wikipedia

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For a while, he found solace in the companionship of a mouse that occasionally rummaged through his supplies.
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Wikipedia

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The man with the mask of a bird rummaged inside you.
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Wikipedia

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