ransack
美音:
[´ræn´sæk
]英音:
[´ræn´sæk
]vt.到处搜索,掠夺,洗劫
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名词:ransacker 动词过去式:ransacked 过去分词:ransacked 现在分词:ransacking 第三人称单数:ransacks
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ransack
/'rænsæk; [US] ræn'sæk; ræn`sæk/
v
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sth (for sth) search (a place) thoroughly 彻底搜索(某处)
*I've ransacked the house for those papers, but I can't find them. 我满房子各处寻找那些文件, 但却找不到.
2 [Tn] plunder (sth); pillage 抢劫(某物); 掠夺
*Burglars ransacked the stately home. 盗贼洗劫了这所富丽堂皇的住宅.
ransack
v [T]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old Norse;Origin: rannsaka, from rann 'house' + -saka 'to search']
to go through a place, stealing things and causing damage
The whole flat had been ransacked.
to search a place very thoroughly, often making it untidy
ransack sth for sth
She ransacked the wardrobe for something to wear.