| 单词 | to ferret up and down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto ferret up and down c. intransitive. To rummage, search about; †to be restless, worry; also, to ferret up and down. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > make a search [verb (intransitive)] > rummage or search thoroughly ransackc1405 range1553 rig1565 rake1574 mouse1575 ferret1580 spoacha1585 rummage1625 scrimmage1843 fossick1871 roust1919 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > be worried [verb (intransitive)] to annoy of?c1400 fret1551 moil1567 ferret1807 worrit1854 worry1860 whittle1880 fidget1884 agonize1915 to worry (oneself), be worried, sick1952 to stress out1983 stress1988 1580 T. North tr. Plutarch Lives (1676) 963 Souldiers, who went ferriting up and down in his House. 1624 J. Gee Foot out of Snare 52 Making him [a diuell] ferret vp and downe, from tongue to toe. 1693 T. Southerne Maids Last Prayer ii. ii You must be..ferreting in my Borough. 1789 A. Young Jrnl. 5 Oct. in Trav. France (1792) i. 201 Ferret among the booksellers, and find more tracts..upon agriculture than I expected. 1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xx. 270 How would these conjurors ferret and sweat, To see us pair off. 1891 E. Gosse Gossip in Library xii. 150 He has to ferret among the pawnbrokers for scraps of finery. < as lemmas |
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