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单词 rummage
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rummage

verb
/ˈrʌmɪdʒ/
/ˈrʌmɪdʒ/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they rummage
/ˈrʌmɪdʒ/
/ˈrʌmɪdʒ/
he / she / it rummages
/ˈrʌmɪdʒɪz/
/ˈrʌmɪdʒɪz/
past simple rummaged
/ˈrʌmɪdʒd/
/ˈrʌmɪdʒd/
past participle rummaged
/ˈrʌmɪdʒd/
/ˈrʌmɪdʒd/
-ing form rummaging
/ˈrʌmɪdʒɪŋ/
/ˈrʌmɪdʒɪŋ/
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  1. + adv./prep. to move things around carelessly while searching for something
    • She was rummaging around in her bag for her keys.
    • I rummaged through the contents of the box until I found the book I wanted.
    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French arrumage, from arrumer ‘stow (in a hold)’, from Middle Dutch ruim ‘room’. In early use the word referred to the arranging of items such as casks in the hold of a ship, giving rise (early 17th cent.) to the verb sense ‘make a search of (a vessel)’.

rummage

noun
/ˈrʌmɪdʒ/
/ˈrʌmɪdʒ/
[singular]
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  1. the act of looking for something among a group of other objects in a way that makes them untidy
    • Have a rummage around in the drawer and see if you can find a pen.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRummage is used before these nouns:
    • sale
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    Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French arrumage, from arrumer ‘stow (in a hold)’, from Middle Dutch ruim ‘room’. In early use the word referred to the arranging of items such as casks in the hold of a ship, giving rise (early 17th cent.) to the verb sense ‘make a search of (a vessel)’.
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