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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 rummageNew 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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