rummage
rummage
verb
rummager
noun
语源
verb
- [no obj.]search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle
翻找；查找；搜查
he rummaged in his pocket for a handkerchief.
他在口袋里翻找手帕。
[with obj.]he rummaged the drawer for his false teeth.
他翻遍抽屉寻找假牙。
■[with obj.]find (something) by searching in this way
翻找出；搜查出
Mick rummaged up his skateboard.
米克翻找出他的滑板。
■[with obj.](of a customs officer) make a thorough search of (a vessel)
（海关人员）彻底检查（船只）
our brief was to rummage as many of the vessels as possible.
我们的明确指示是彻底检查尽可能多的船只。
- an unsystematic and untidy search through a mass or receptacle
翻找；查找；搜查
■a thorough search of a vessel by a customs officer
（海关人员对船只的）彻底检查
rummager
noun
语源
- late 15th cent.: from Old French arrumage, from arrumer 'stow (in a hold'), from Middle Dutch ruim 'room'. In early use the word referred to the arranging of items such as casks in the hold of a ship, giving rise (early 17th cent.) to the verb sense 'make a search of (a vessel')
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