单词 | rummage |
释义 | rummage v. & n. --v   1. tr. & (foll. by in, through, among) intr. search, esp. untidily and unsystematically.   2. tr. (foll. by out, up) find among other things.   3. tr. (foll. by about) disarrange; make untidy in searching. --n   1. an instance of rummaging.   2. things found by rummaging; a miscellaneous accumulation. Phrases and idioms rummage sale esp. US a jumble sale. Derivatives rummager n. Etymology: earlier as noun in obs. sense 'arranging of casks etc. in a hold': OF arrumage f. arrumer stow (as AD-, run ship's hold f. MDu. ruim ROOM) |
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