英语词汇“ransack”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINransack

Origin:

1200-1300 Old Norse rannsaka, from rann ‘house’ + -saka ‘to search’

VERB TABLE

ransack

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ransack
	he, she, it	ransacks
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	ransacked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have ransacked
	he, she, it	has ransacked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had ransacked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ransack
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have ransacked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am ransacking
	he, she, it	is ransacking
	you, we, they	are ransacking
Past	I, he, she, it	was ransacking
	you, we, they	were ransacking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been ransacking
	he, she, it	has been ransacking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been ransacking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be ransacking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been ransacking

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Roth found his home had been ransacked by burglars.
She ransacked the dresser drawer, looking for the ring.
The newspaper's offices were ransacked by members of the secret police.
Thieves broke in and ransacked the house.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And while Mr Stevens's bride was keeping a round-the-clock at his hospital bedside, burglars ransacked their home.
Every charcuterie in town had been ransacked in order to provide something palatable.
Post-war euphoria, when the Big House ransacked its rose-garden and all the village wore roses.
The whole neighborhood was ransacked for milk, butter, eggs, poultry, etc..
Their house is ransacked by monkeys, flooded, and occupied by a variety of wild and dangerous animals.

Longman Language Activatorto search a place to try to find someone or something► search

· At the site, rescue workers have been searching systematically in the hope of finding more survivors.search a place/area etc · Police have searched the area near his home, but have so far found nothing.search (a place) for · Local people are still searching woods near the victim's home for any clues to help find her killer.

► scour

to search an area very carefully and thoroughly, looking for something that is very important: scour a place for: · A team of detectives is scouring the area for the murder weapon.· Developers are scouring the country for possible sites for these new superstores.

► comb

to thoroughly examine a large area in great detail, especially by moving across it, looking for something or someone that is difficult to find: · Police and volunteers are combing the countryside in the hope of finding the missing boy.· Rescuers combed the hillsides but found no trace of the missing climbers.comb a place for: · The children combed the shoreline for shells.

► drag a river/pond etc

to search for something in a river, lake etc by pulling a heavy net along the bottom: · The murder weapon, a kitchen knife, was found when police dragged a nearby pond.

► ransack

to search a room, house, cupboard etc very thoroughly and roughly in order to find things or steal things, usually causing a lot of untidiness or damage: · Thieves broke in and ransacked the house.· The newspaper's offices were ransacked by members of the secret police.

► raid

if the police raid a place, they arrive there suddenly to look for criminals, drugs, or stolen goods: · The Casino nightclub has been closed since it was raided last month.· Police officers raided a house in North London last night, and found substantial quantities of illegal drugs.

► turn somewhere inside out/upside down

to search a house, a room etc very thoroughly, often making it very untidy: · We turned all the cupboards inside out but couldn't find the letters.· I turned the house upside down looking for my birth certificate.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► home

· And while Mr Stevens's bride was keeping a round-the-clock at his hospital bedside, burglars ransacked their home.· They blew up trains, ransacked upper-caste homes and carried out a series of kidnappings and murders.· Read in studio A great-grandmother has lost her life savings after masked robbers tied her up and ransacked her home.

► house

· Voice over After beating him, they ransacked the house, but could only find £10's worth of coins.· They searched everywhere for Solomon, ransacking the house in the process.· Two men then ransacked her house while another stood guard over her for half an hour.· They tied me up, ransacked the house and burnt our grain store.· The attacker ransacked the house but got away with just £60.