search
v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr]
~ (sb/sth) (for sb/sth); ~ through sth (for sth) empty the pockets, etc of (sb) and examine his body and clothes to see if anything is concealed there; look at, examine or go over (a thing or place) carefully in order to find sb/sth 搜查(某人); 細查(某物或某處)以搜尋某人[某物]; 搜索
We searched (around) for hours, but couldn't find the book. 我們(各處)找了半天, 卻找不到那本書.
search (the woods) for escaped prisoners 搜查(樹林)尋找逃犯
search (through) the drawers for the missing papers 翻遍抽屜尋找遺失的文件
The police searched her for drugs. 警察搜查她, 看她身上是否有毒品.
(fig 比喻) I searched my memory, but couldn't remember her name. 我想來想去也想不起她的名字.
2 (idm 習語) search one's `heart/`conscience (fml 文) think carefully about one's motives, actions, feelings, etc 反躬自問
Search your heart and ask if you're not equally toblame. 你捫心自問是否自己也同樣要承擔責任. ,search`me (infml 口) I don't know 我不知道
`Where's the newspaper?' `Search me, I haven't seen it.' `報紙在哪兒呢?'`不知道, 我沒看見.'
3 (phr v) search sb/sth out find sb/sth by searching 找出某人[某事物]
We've searched out some of your favourite recipes. 我們找出了你喜歡的幾個菜譜.
I want to search out an old school friend. 我想尋找我的一個老同學. search, n
1 act of searching 搜查; 搜尋
a search for a missing aircraft 搜尋失蹤的飛機
make repeated searches for concealed weapons 反覆搜查暗藏的武器
Volunteers joined the search for the lost child. 有人自告奮勇也來尋找那失蹤的孩子.
2 (idm 習語) in search of sb/sth searching for sb/sth 尋找某人[某物]
go in search of a cheap hotel 尋找便宜的旅館
Scientists are in search of a cure for the disease. 科學家想研究出治療這種疾病的方法.