no obj.
1- search unsystematically and untidily through a mass or receptacle翻找; 查找; 搜查:
he rummaged in his pocket for a handkerchief
他在口袋里翻找手帕
with obj. he rummaged the drawer for his false teeth.他翻遍抽屉寻找假牙。
1.1
- with obj. find (something) by searching in this way翻找出; 搜查出:
Mick rummaged up his skateboard.
米克翻找出他的滑板。
1.2
- with obj.(of a customs officer) make a thorough search of (a vessel)(海关人员)彻底检查(船只):
our brief was to rummage as many of the vessels as possible.
我们的明确指示是彻底检查尽可能多的船只。
1
- an unsystematic and untidy search through a mass or receptacle翻找; 查找; 搜查。
1.1
- a thorough search of a vessel by a customs officer(海关人员对船只的)彻底检查。
派生词
rummager
noun词源
late 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)'.