新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

search

英  [sɜːtʃ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    CONVENTION. 习惯表达
  • search me

    1我哪知道

    You say 'search me' when someone asks you a question and you want to emphasize that you do not know the answer.

    双语例句

    例:

    'So why did he get interested all of a sudden?'—'Search me.'

    “那么他为什么突然感兴趣了呢?” “我哪知道。”

    NOUN. 名词
  • searches

    1[C 可数名词] 搜寻(人或物)

    A search is an attempt to find something or someone by looking for them carefully.

    双语例句

    例:

    There was no chance of him being found alive and the search was abandoned.

    由于已没有生还的可能,人们放弃了对他的搜寻。

    2[C 可数名词] 搜索(信息)

    If you do a search for information on a computer, you give the computer an instruction to find that information.

    双语例句

    例:

    He came across this story while he was doing a computer search of local news articles.

    他在电脑上搜索当地的新闻报道时刚好看到了这篇报道。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • in search of

    1寻找

    If you go in search of something or someone, you try to find them.

    双语例句

    例:

    Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul.

    由于痛苦和突如其来的孤独,她去找让·保罗了。

    VERB. 动词
  • searches , searching , searched

    1[I 不及物动词] 搜寻

    If you search for something or someone, you look carefully for them.

    双语例句

    例:

    The Turkish security forces have started searching for the missing men.

    土耳其安全部队已经开始搜寻失踪人员。

    例:

    They searched for a spot where they could sit on the floor.

    他们在地板上寻找一个能够坐下的地方。

    2[I 不及物动词] 在(某地)搜寻 , 搜查(某地)

    If you search a place, you look carefully for something or someone there.

    双语例句

    例:

    Armed troops searched the hospital yesterday.

    武装部队昨天搜查了这家医院。

    例:

    She searched her desk for the necessary information.

    她在她的书桌里搜寻必要的资料。

    例:

    Relief workers are still searching through collapsed buildings.

    救援人员仍在塌了的建筑物里搜寻。

    3[T 及物动词] 搜(某人)身

    If a police officer or someone else in authority searches you, they look carefully to see whether you have something hidden on you.

    双语例句

    例:

    The man took her suitcase from her and then searched her.

    那个人从她手上拿走了她的手提箱然后搜了她的身。

    4[I 不及物动词] (在计算机上)搜索

    If you search for information on a computer, you give the computer an instruction to find that information.

    双语例句

    例:

    You can use a directory service to search for people on the Internet.

    你可以使用目录服务在因特网上搜索人。