rummage
verb /ˈrʌmɪdʒ/
/ˈrʌmɪdʒ/
[intransitive]动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they rummage | /ˈrʌmɪdʒ/ /ˈrʌmɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it rummages | /ˈrʌmɪdʒɪz/ /ˈrʌmɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple rummaged | /ˈrʌmɪdʒd/ /ˈrʌmɪdʒd/ |
| past participle rummaged | /ˈrʌmɪdʒd/ /ˈrʌmɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form rummaging | /ˈrʌmɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈrʌmɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to move things around carelessly while searching for something
翻寻；乱翻；搜寻 - She was rummaging around in her bag for her keys.
她在自己的包里翻来翻去找钥匙。 - I rummaged through the contents of the box until I found the book I wanted.
我把箱子都翻遍了才找到我要的书。
词源late 15th cent.: from Old French arrumage, from arrumer ‘stow (in a hold)’, from Middle Dutch ruim ‘room’. In early use the word referred to the arranging of items such as casks in the hold of a ship, giving rise (early 17th cent.) to the verb sense ‘make a search of (a vessel)’. - She was rummaging around in her bag for her keys.