| 单词 | search | 
| 释义 | search     (sûrch)v. searched, search·ing, search·es  v. tr.   1. To move around in, go through, or look through in an effort to find something: searched the room for her missing earring; searched the desk for a pen.  2. To make a careful examination or investigation of; probe: search one's conscience for the right thing to do.  3. To seek data matching a word, phrase, or pattern of characters in: searched the internet for information about ostriches.  4. Law  To examine (a person or property) for the purpose of discovering evidence of a crime.  v. intr.   1. To search a place or space in order to find something: searched all afternoon for my wallet.  2. To make a careful examination or investigation: searching for the right words to say.  3. To use a search engine or other software to find any data matching a particular pattern.  4. Law  To make a search for evidence.  n.   Phrasal Verb: 1. An act of searching.  2. Law  The examination of a person or property, as by a law enforcement officer, for the purpose of discovering evidence of a crime.  3. A control mechanism on an audio or video player that rapidly advances or reverses the playing of a recording.  search out  Idiom: To seek to find or come to know by examination: sought out the answer in a history book.  search me Slang   Used by a speaker to indicate that he or she does not have an answer to a question just asked.  [Middle English serchen, from Anglo-Norman sercher, variant of Old French cerchier, from Latin circāre, to go around, from Latin circus, circle, from Greek krikos, kirkos; see sker-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]  searcha·ble adj.  searcher n.   | 
	
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