英语词汇“to search high and low”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

b. Up and down, here and there; in every place or part. Chiefly in to search (hunt, etc.) high and low.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > everywhere

far and near or nighOE

in length and (in) breadth (or brede)a1250

high and low1525

here, there, and everywherea1593

in every stead1596

through long and broad ——1617

from Dan to Beersheba1738

all along the line1877

all over the auction1930

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cvii. f. ccxix^v/2 They sertched highe and lowe and founde for trouthe that he was nat there.

1606 A. Craig Amorose Songes sig. H^v Thus high and low I looked where I lay, Yet neither fruite nor flower was like my Hay.

1678 T. Duffett Psyche Debauch'd i. iii. 41 Hoe, make hast, and go Hunt for great Sisters high and low.

1703 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Hist. Don Quixote III. xxviii. 279 Galloping after your Tail high and low, thro confounded cross Roads and By-Ways.

1773 Literary Reg. 5 44/1 Search was made after him high and low, backwards and forwards; but all to no purpose.

1822 J. W. Croker Diary 11 Jan. in Croker Papers (1885) I. 247 He..missed his snuff-box, and there was..a search high and low.

1895 Academy 12 Oct. 294/2 Although the publishers have searched high and low, they have not [etc.].

1922 Atlantic Monthly July 32/2 The laundry is delivered at the door, and she scurries high and low in search of funds.

1958 K. Amis I like it Here i. 16 Anyway, we've hunted high and low, boy, believe me. Not a bloody twitter.

2010 F. Goldsmith Readers' Advisory Guide Graphic Novels 69 An elegant vampire who has just broken off with a young woman looks high and low for a satisfying replacement partner.

单词	to search high and low
释义	> as lemmas to search (hunt, etc.) high and low b. Up and down, here and there; in every place or part. Chiefly in to search (hunt, etc.) high and low. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > here, there, etc. > [phrase] > everywhere far and near or nighOE in length and (in) breadth (or brede)a1250 high and low1525 here, there, and everywherea1593 in every stead1596 through long and broad ——1617 from Dan to Beersheba1738 all along the line1877 all over the auction1930 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cvii. f. ccxix^v/2 They sertched highe and lowe and founde for trouthe that he was nat there. 1606 A. Craig Amorose Songes sig. H^v Thus high and low I looked where I lay, Yet neither fruite nor flower was like my Hay. 1678 T. Duffett Psyche Debauch'd i. iii. 41 Hoe, make hast, and go Hunt for great Sisters high and low. 1703 P. Motteux et al. tr. M. de Cervantes Hist. Don Quixote III. xxviii. 279 Galloping after your Tail high and low, thro confounded cross Roads and By-Ways. 1773 Literary Reg. 5 44/1 Search was made after him high and low, backwards and forwards; but all to no purpose. 1822 J. W. Croker Diary 11 Jan. in Croker Papers (1885) I. 247 He..missed his snuff-box, and there was..a search high and low. 1895 Academy 12 Oct. 294/2 Although the publishers have searched high and low, they have not [etc.]. 1922 Atlantic Monthly July 32/2 The laundry is delivered at the door, and she scurries high and low in search of funds. 1958 K. Amis I like it Here i. 16 Anyway, we've hunted high and low, boy, believe me. Not a bloody twitter. 2010 F. Goldsmith Readers' Advisory Guide Graphic Novels 69 An elegant vampire who has just broken off with a young woman looks high and low for a satisfying replacement partner. extracted from highadv. < as lemmas
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