单词 | rummage |
释义 | rummage/ˈrʌmɪdʒ![]() verb [no object] 1Search unsystematically and untidily through something: he rummaged in his pocket for a handkerchief [with object]: he rummaged the drawer for his false teeth...
Synonyms search (through), hunt through, scrabble about/around in, root about/around in, ferret (about/around) in, fish about/around in, poke around in, dig in, grub about in, delve in, go through, explore, sift through, rifle through, scour, ransack, turn over British informal rootle around in Australian/New Zealand informal fossick through rare roust around in 1.1 [with object] Find (something) by rummaging: Mick rummaged up his skateboard...
1.2 [with object] (Of a customs officer) make a thorough search of (a vessel): our brief was to rummage as many of the vessels as possible noun 1An unsystematic and untidy search: open up the box and have a rummage around...
1.1A thorough search of a vessel by a customs officer: a rummage of the vessel revealed eighty cases of cigars Derivativesrummager
OriginLate 15th century: 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 century) to the verb sense 'make a search of (a vessel'). Rhymes |
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