search

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CET4TEM4考研CET6中高頻詞基本詞匯

第三人稱單數:?searches;過去式:?searched;過去分詞:?searched;現在分詞:?searching;

search 搜索，搜尋

來自古法語 cerchier,搜查，搜索，來自拉丁語 circare,搜查，繞圈，來自 circus,圈，環，詞源同 circus,recherche.

search: search: [14] Etymologically, search denotes ‘going round in a circle’ – for its ultimate source is Latin circus ‘circle’ (source of English circle and circus). From this was derived the verb circāre ‘go round’, which by the time it had reached Old French as cerchier had acquired connotations of ‘examining’ or ‘exploring’. English took it over via Anglo-Norman sercher. (It is no relation, incidentally, to English seek.)
=> circle, circus
search (v.): c. 1300, from Old French cerchier "to search" (12c., Modern French chercher), from Latin circare "go about, wander, traverse," in Late Latin "to wander hither and thither," from circus "circle" (see circus). Phrase search me as a verbal shrug of ignorance first recorded 1901. Search engine attested from 1988. Search and destroy as a modifier is 1966, American English, from the Vietnam War. Search and rescue is from 1944.
search (n.): c. 1400, "act of searching;" early 15c., "right to investigate illegal activity; examination of records, wills, etc.; a search through an area or a place," from Anglo-French serche, Old French cerche, from cerchier (see search (v.)). Search warrant attested from 1739.

1. At approxi-mately 11:30 p.m., Pollard finally gave his consent to the search.: 大概晚上11點半的時候，波拉德最終同意進行搜查。

2. Rescue workers are digging through the rubble in search of other victims.: 救援人員正在廢墟中挖掘，以搜尋其他受害者。

3. Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul.: 內心痛苦、突感寂寞的她去尋找瓊－保羅。

5. They trekked from shop to shop in search of white knee-length socks.: 他們拖著步子從一家商店走到另一家，尋找齊膝的白襪子。