| 单词 | search me |
| 释义 | > as lemmassearch me a. search me: used to imply that something, typically the answer to a question, is unknown to the speaker; ‘I don't know’, ‘I have no idea’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > be ignorant [phrase] > profess ignorance to wit ne'era1400 this (also that, it) is news to me (him, her, etc.)1777 quien sabe1833 search me1885 ask me another1910 1885 W. D. Howells Elevator i. 27 Campbell: Where are they, then? All: That's what we don't know. Campbell: Oh, come, now! that's a little too thin. You don't know where any of all these blood-relations and connections by marriage are? Well, search me! 1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ iii. 37 ‘What's the matter with the G. & M. anyway?’ ..‘Search me,’ said Denis. 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples ii. i. 79 Pricey lowered the corners of his mouth, lifted his eyebrows and shrugged his shoulders. ‘Search me,’ he said. 2007 M. Phillips Gods behaving Badly (2008) xxxvi. 240 ‘What are we supposed to do when people ask to go in?’ said the first guard. ‘Search me,’ said the second guard. < as lemmas |
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