| 单词 | to ferret out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ferret out 4. to ferret out, ferret up: To search out, discover, bring to light. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > finding or discovery > find or discover [verb (transitive)] > by searching or tracking down > and bring to light to search outc1425 to hunt out1576 unrip?1576 to ferret out1577 to fetch up1608 fish1632 prog1655 rummage1797 rout1814 exhume1819 excavate1840 ferret up1847 unearth1863 fossick?1870 exhumate1881 1577 R. Stanyhurst Treat. Descr. Irelande vi. f. 21v/2, in R. Holinshed Chron. I He were able to ferret out such barebrich brattes. 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 122 b Let us now fyrritte out the other, and see what vermine it is. a1643 W. Cartwright Ordinary (1651) v. iv. 82 Let's in and ferret out these cheating Rakehels. 1775 J. Wesley Wks. (1872) XII. 324 Rather ferret them out, and drag them into open day. 1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xxxix. 330 She had been out in the village, and ferretted up all the guides. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House ix. 88 I have ferreted out evidence, got up cases. < as lemmas |
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