ferret
['ferit]
n.白鼬, 雪貂
v.用雪貂打猎,搜出
例句与用法:
See if you can ferret out any information about his past that we can use to discredit him.
看看你能否查获我们可以用来使他名誉扫地的历史记录。
The detective ferret out the criminal.
那位侦探把犯人搜出来了。
词形变化:
形容词: ferrety | 名词: ferreter | 动词过去式: ferreted | 动词过去分词: ferreted | 动词现在分词: ferreting | 动词第三人称单数: ferrets |
详细释义:
n.
雪貂, 白鼬[C]
vt.
1. 用雪貂猎取; 把(猎物等)逐出
2. 【口】搜寻; 查获[(+out)]
At last I managed to ferret out the truth.
我终于设法查明了真相。
I finally ferreted out the lost socks.
我终于找出了丢失的袜子。
vi.
1. 用雪貂狩猎
2. 搜索
She is ferreting about among old papers for the letter.
她在一堆旧文件里搜寻那封信。
短语词组:
ferret out
1. 查获; 搜出
At last I managed to ferret out the truth.
最后我总算查出了真相。