ransack
ransack
verb
ransacker
noun
语源
verb
- [with obj.]go hurriedly through (a place) stealing things and causing damage
洗劫，把…偷窃一空；抢劫，劫掠（某地）
burglars ransacked her home.
盗贼把她的家洗劫一空。
■search through (a place or receptacle) to find something, especially in such a way as to cause disorder and damage
彻底搜索；仔细搜查（地点，容器）
man has ransacked the planet for fuel.
人类为了燃料已经彻底搜索了这一行星。
ransacker
noun
语源
- Middle English: from Old Norse rannsaka, from rann 'house' + a second element related to sækja 'seek'
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