翻箱倒柜
1. root around 翻找,翻寻 root的本意是根;根源,作动词表达翻找,翻寻,这个短语尤指在其他物品中寻找,搜寻。 She rooted through/among the papers on her desk. 她在桌上的文件中翻来翻去地找东西。 2. poke around 搜索;翻找 poke主要指用手指、工具或器具去“戳,刺,捅”,如果你想说“扎心了,老铁”,就可以来一句You poked my heart! I was poking around in the drawer, looking for the key, when I found this! 我在抽屉里翻来翻去找钥匙,就在这时找到了这个! 3. rummage 翻找,翻寻,乱翻 rummage常和in/through搭配,形容翻箱倒柜地寻找。 She rummaged in/through all the drawers, looking for a pen. 她把所有抽屉都翻了个遍,想找支笔。 4. turn sth upside down 将…翻了个底朝天 这个短语指你搜遍了整个角落,常常还留下一片狼藉。 I turned the apartment upside down but I couldn't find the letter. 我把公寓翻了个底朝天也还是找不着那些照片。 5. rifle 迅速翻查;匆忙翻找 rifle就是“来福枪;步枪”的意思,当它用作动词,就表示匆忙翻找某物,经常指偷盗行为。 The safe had been rifled and the diamonds were gone. 保险柜被洗劫了,钻石不翼而飞。 6. trawl 搜寻;网罗 trawl表示搜寻的时候,指的是为了得到自己想要的而搜寻大量的信息。 You need to trawl through a lot of data to get results that are valid. 要想获得有效的结果你得搜寻大量的资料。 7. scout 侦察;搜索;寻找 当你使用scout的时候,多指搜寻了整个区域。 He's scouting about/around for somewhere better to live. 他到处寻找更好的住处。 它作名词的话,尤指体育或娱乐界的人才发掘者,星探。 a talent/modeling scout 星探 8. comb 认真搜寻;仔细搜查 comb多指警方彻底仔细搜查以发现证据。 Investigators combed through the wreckage. 调查人员在残骸中认真搜寻。 9. forage 搜寻 forage的本意是“粮草;饲料”,作动词尤指四处寻找食物。 The children had been living on the streets, foraging for scraps. 那些孩子露宿街头,四处寻找残羹剩饭。 10. like finding a needle in a haystack 大海捞针 haystack是干草堆的意思,在草堆里找针(needle),不就是大海捞针嘛! Looking for my key in the mess of the desk is like finding a needle in a haystack. 在杂乱的书桌上找我的钥匙就像是大海捞针一般。 |