| 单词 | search |
| 释义 | search (once / 53 pages) vn To search is to look for something. A search party is a group of people looking for something together. Their search may take a long time. If they're in the army, they might be on a mission to search and destroy. Search is one of the many words in English that have taken on a new meaning related to computers. To search the Web, or perform a search is to use a computer to find information on the Internet. The verb search is from Late Latin circare "to travel through," from Latin circus "circle." The original meanings of this verb in English were to dig for something, then, to overrun or occupy by force. WORD FAMILYsearch: searched, searcher, searches, searching+/searcher: searchers/searching: searchingly USAGE EXAMPLESA search continued Tuesday for those still missing. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) She scrolled through hundreds of aggressive messages, searching for the one that troubled her the most. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) At first I instantly thought it was marketing hype but slowly the story intrigued me and I began searching online. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1v search or seek Syn|Hypo|Hyper look hunt search (an area) for prey prospectsearch for something desirable horn in, intrude, nose, poke, prysearch or inquire in a meddlesome way examine, see observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect 2v try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of The police are searching for clues They are searching for the missing man in the entire county Syn|Hypo look for, seek drag, dredge search (as the bottom of a body of water) for something valuable or lost fingersearch for on the computer fumble, gropefeel about uncertainly or blindly divinesearch by divining, as if with a rod browse, surflook around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular leave no stone unturnedsearch thoroughly and exhaustively huntseek, search for gatherlook for (food) in nature wanthunt or look for; want for a particular reason scourexamine minutely seek outlook for a specific person or thing go after, pursue, quest after, quest forgo in search of or hunt for angle, fishseek indirectly grubsearch about busily feelgrope or feel in search of something browse, shopshop around; not necessarily buying grope for, scrabblefeel searchingly dowseuse a divining rod in search of underground water or metal shelllook for and collect shells by the seashore comparison-shopcompare prices for a given item antiqueshop for antiques window-shopexamine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only 3v subject to a search The police searched the suspect We searched the whole house for the missing keys Hypo|Hyper raid search for something needed or desired frisksearch as for concealed weapons by running the hands rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets strip-searchsearch (someone) for weapons or drugs by having the person remove their clothes scanmake a wide, sweeping search of go, riflego through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way rummagesearch haphazardly comb, ransacksearch thoroughly examine, see observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect 4v inquire into He searched for information on his relatives on the web Syn|Hypo|Hyper explore, research prospect explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals googlesearch the internet (for information) using the Google search engine mapquestsearch for a location and directions by means of the MapQuest program re-exploreexplore anew beat about, cast about, cast aroundsearch anxiously investigate, look into investigate scientifically 5n the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone Syn|Hypo|Hyper hunt, hunting exploration a careful systematic search forage, foragingthe act of searching for food and provisions frisk, friskingthe act of searching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs looking, looking forthe act of searching visually manhuntan organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime) quest, seekingthe act of searching for something ransacking, rummagea thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion) scouringmoving over territory to search for something shakedowna very thorough search of a person or a place strip searchsearching someone for concealed weapons or illegal drugs by having them remove their clothes probean exploratory action or expedition activity any specific behavior 6n boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas right of search Hyper examination, scrutiny the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes) 7n an investigation seeking answers a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing the outcome justified the search Hyper investigating, investigation the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically 8n the examination of alternative hypotheses his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful Hypo|Hyper hunt an instance of searching for something pursuance, pursuit, questa search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria wild-goose chasethe fruitless pursuit of something unattainable higher cognitive process cognitive processes that presuppose the availability of knowledge and put it to use 9n an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property Syn|Hyper lookup operation (computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction) |
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