英语词汇“poke around or about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	poke around or about
释义	(phrasal verb) in the sense of search Definition to search or pry He poked around in the cupboard for the bottle of whisky. Synonyms search Armed troops searched the hospital yesterday. fish He fished in his pocket for the key. hunt The couple had helped in the hunt for the lost hiker. go through rifle The men rifled through his clothing. comb Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon. scour We scoured the telephone directory for clues. grub grubbing through piles of paper for his address ferret She ferreted among some papers. rummage (around) sift through forage They were forced to forage for clothes and fuel. scavenge The foxes come and scavenge for bones. rake through fossick (Australian, New Zealand) If you fossick around in some specialist music stores, you may be lucky enough to find a copy. root about or around See poke Additional synonyms in the sense of comb Definition to search with great care Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon. Synonyms search, hunt through, sweep, rake, sift, scour, rummage, ransack, forage, fossick (Australian, New Zealand), go through with a fine-tooth comb in the sense of ferret Definition to search around She ferreted among some papers. Synonyms search, hunt, sift, scour, rummage, forage, fossick (Australian, New Zealand) in the sense of fish Definition to grope for and find with some difficulty He fished in his pocket for the key. Synonyms look (for), search, delve, ferret, rummage, fossick (Australian, New Zealand) Nearby words of poke around or about poison poisonous poke poke around or about poke or stick your nose into something poky polar Synonyms of 'poke around or about' poke around or about Additional synonyms in the sense of forage Definition to obtain by searching about They were forced to forage for clothes and fuel. Synonyms search, hunt, scavenge, cast about, seek, explore, raid, scour, plunder, look round, rummage, ransack, scrounge (informal), fossick (Australian, New Zealand) in the sense of fossick Definition to search for, through, or in something; to forage If you fossick around in some specialist music stores, you may be lucky enough to find a copy. Synonyms search, hunt, explore, ferret, check, forage, rummage in the sense of grub Definition to search carefully for something by digging or by moving things about grubbing through piles of paper for his address Synonyms search, hunt, scour, ferret, rummage, forage, fossick (Australian, New Zealand) in the sense of hunt Definition the act or an instance of hunting The couple had helped in the hunt for the lost hiker. Synonyms search, hunting, investigation, chase, pursuit, quest in the sense of rifle Definition to search (a house or safe) and steal from it The men rifled through his clothing. Synonyms rummage, go, search, hunt, rake, sift, forage, fossick (Australian, New Zealand) in the sense of scavenge Definition to search for (anything usable) among discarded material The foxes come and scavenge for bones. Synonyms search, hunt, forage, rummage, root about, fossick (Australian, New Zealand), scratch about, grub about in the sense of scour Definition to search thoroughly and energetically We scoured the telephone directory for clues. Synonyms search, hunt, comb, ransack, forage, look high and low, go over with a fine-tooth comb
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