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. 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. 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 rummagedrummaged 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. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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 This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. For a while, he found solace in the companionship of a mouse that occasionally rummaged through his supplies. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The man with the mask of a bird rummaged inside you. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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