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

单词	rummage
释义	rum·mage I. \ˈrəmij, -mēj\ noun (-s) Etymology: obsolete English rummage act of packing or arranging cargo, modification of Middle French arrimage, from arrimer, arimer, aruner to pack or arrange cargo (from a- — from Latin ad- — + -rimer, -rumer, probably of Germanic origin) + -age; akin to Old High German rūm room, space — more at room 1. chiefly Scotland : a noisy bustling turmoil : uproar 2. : a thorough search especially among a variety or confusion of objects or into every section of an area < went off on a back-of-the-store rummage — New Yorker > 3. a. : a confused miscellaneous collection : a nondescript mass or group < a fabulous brown rummage of encyclopedias, world globes, maps, photographs, holy pictures, mirrors … and too much furniture — J.F.Powers > b. or rummage goods : the items for sale at a rummage sale 4. : rummage sale II. \“, esp in pres part -məj\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *transitive verb* 1. a. obsolete : to pack or rearrange (as cargo or ballast) in the hold of a ship b. obsolete : to set in order (as a ship or hold) by rearranging the cargo 2. a. : to put into confusion : mix up : disorder b. obsolete : to mix together by stirring : stir 3. a. (1) : to make a thorough search in : look through every section of : ransack < one of you boys go rummage the storeroom for the corn popper — S.E.White > (2) : to search thoroughly for contraband < when the import cargo is discharged the examining officer finally rummages the ship — G.D.Ham > b. : to discover by or as if by a thorough search : produce by searching : hunt out < rummaged a sword and red sash from somewhere — Mary B. Chesnut > < rummaged up his sexton and his verger as witnesses — J.C.Powys > < rummaged a conclusion from some odd corner of his soul — Samuel Butler †1902 > c. : to examine minutely and completely : scrutinize carefully < another … prowl through the most thoroughly rummaged era in our history — New Yorker > *intransitive verb* 1. : to stow or rearrange cargo in or clean the hold of a ship 2. a. : to make a thorough search or investigation < by dint of rummaging through various special lists and imported series, … it may be possible to assemble the entire series — Edward Sackville-West & Desmond Shawe-Taylor > b. : to engage in an undirected fumbling haphazard search < the men ransacked the thatched huts, rummaged among the pots, the fishing gear, the shell ornaments — Marjory S. Douglas > < all my books are packed and gone and … I can't browse or rummage — H.J.Laski > Synonyms: see seek
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