英语词汇“fossick”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

fossick

/ˈfɒsɪk

verb [no object] Australian /NZ informal

1Rummage; search: he spent years fossicking through documents...

Assuming that a web search is the same as fossicking through a newspaper archive is the biggest research mistake search-engine expert David Hawking ever made.
Now you're obviously fossicking through plants for special substances to see if they're useful.
Robyn, you have to understand that when we do find this, it is a war grave and we don't want to go fossicking through the ship.

1.1Search for gold in abandoned workings.The Indonesian police claim that those involved in the January 7 incident were not local people, but ‘illegal miners’ armed with spears and mining tools, who had come to Halmahera from Sulawesi and other islands to fossick for gold....

Before that they were aware that people were interested in going to the station to fossick for gold - but were unaware that changes to the mining act in the year 2000, gave fossickers automatic rights of entry to the property.
But potential prospectors shouldn't take a pick and shovel - it's now illegal to fossick for gold in the Egmont National Park that embraces the Kaitakes.

Derivatives

fossicker

noun ...

Before that they were aware that people were interested in going to the station to fossick for gold - but were unaware that changes to the mining act in the year 2000, gave fossickers automatic rights of entry to the property.
Two eager fossickers - a man and woman apparently in their 20s - were already going through them and picking out their favourites.
But perhaps the real similarity lies in the smash-and-grab variety of science both fossickers blithely espoused.

Origin

Mid 19th century (referring to mining): probably from the English dialect sense 'obtain by asking' (i.e. ‘ferret out’).

单词	fossick
释义	fossick /ˈfɒsɪk / verb [no object] Australian /NZ informal 1Rummage; search: he spent years fossicking through* documents*... Assuming that a web search is the same as fossicking through a newspaper archive is the biggest research mistake search-engine expert David Hawking ever made. Now you're obviously fossicking through plants for special substances to see if they're useful. Robyn, you have to understand that when we do find this, it is a war grave and we don't want to go fossicking through the ship. 1.1Search for gold in abandoned workings.The Indonesian police claim that those involved in the January 7 incident were not local people, but ‘illegal miners’ armed with spears and mining tools, who had come to Halmahera from Sulawesi and other islands to fossick for gold.... Before that they were aware that people were interested in going to the station to fossick for gold - but were unaware that changes to the mining act in the year 2000, gave fossickers automatic rights of entry to the property. But potential prospectors shouldn't take a pick and shovel - it's now illegal to fossick for gold in the Egmont National Park that embraces the Kaitakes. Derivatives fossicker noun ... Before that they were aware that people were interested in going to the station to fossick for gold - but were unaware that changes to the mining act in the year 2000, gave fossickers automatic rights of entry to the property. Two eager fossickers - a man and woman apparently in their 20s - were already going through them and picking out their favourites. But perhaps the real similarity lies in the smash-and-grab variety of science both fossickers blithely espoused. Origin Mid 19th century (referring to mining): probably from the English dialect sense 'obtain by asking' (i.e. ‘ferret out’). Rhymes virtuosic
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fossick

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fossicker

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