poke around
phrasal verbpoke around
(also poke about especially in British English)
- (informal) to look for something, especially something that is hidden among other things that you have to move
搜查；翻找 - The police spent the day poking around in his office but found nothing.
警察花了一天时间搜查他的办公室，但一无所获。 - (figurative) We've had journalists poking around and asking a lot of questions.
我们让记者追着问了许多问题。
- The police spent the day poking around in his office but found nothing.