Search

(noun.) an investigation seeking answers; 'a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing'; 'the outcome justified the search'.

(noun.) boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; 'right of search'.

(noun.) the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone.

(noun.) the examination of alternative hypotheses; 'his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful'.

(noun.) an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property; 'they wrote a program to do a table lookup'.

(verb.) try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; 'The police are searching for clues'; 'They are searching for the missing man in the entire county'.

(verb.) subject to a search; 'The police searched the suspect'; 'We searched the whole house for the missing keys'.

(verb.) search or seek; 'We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest'; 'Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!'.

录入:山姆

• The marine-store merchant holds the light, and the law-stationer conducts the search. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Beppo did not despair, and he conducted his search with considerable ingenuity and perseverance. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• A great stone that I happened to find, after a long search, by the sea-shore, served me for an anchor. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• For then you are dealing with living ideas: to search his text has its uses, but compared with the actual tradition of Marx it is the work of pedantry. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Early the next morning the apes were astir, moving through the jungle in search of food. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• YOU want more painstaking and search-making! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He turned about, in search of his second man. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• We shall see,' returned the old gentleman with a searching glance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Mr. Pickwick paused, and looked steadily on Mr. Winkle, who quailed beneath his leader's searching glance. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• They had been searching among the northern hordes, and only within the past few days had they extended their quest to the south. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• They ranged in height from three to four feet, and were moving restlessly about the enclosure as though searching for food. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Indeed, without this tireless minutiae, and methodical, searching spirit, it would have been practically impossible to have produced many of the most important of these inventions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• He commands this fleet which has been searching for her since. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Then he commenced groping his way about the floor of the dark chamber searching for the trap that led to the corridors beneath. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Were thy garments searched by as curious an eye, Isaac, said he, what discoveries might not be made? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Others, again, searched the surrounding trees for fruit, nuts, small birds, and eggs. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Every time her hand searched for either of these, it would touch the book; and, sooner or later (who knows? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Here, in a broad thoroughfare, once the abode of wealthy City merchants, we found the sculpture works for which we searched. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• They took me into the guard-house and searched me, but they found no sedition on me. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• I eagerly searched my reticule. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I searched the Dundee records, and when I found that the barque 'Lone Star' was there in January, '85, my suspicion became a certainty. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Inquiries were set on foot, and strict searches made. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Mr. Moore, who was continuing his searches in that country, was instructed to arrange for the cultivation and shipment of regular supplies of this particular species. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Jo searches the floor for some time longer, then looks up for a moment, and then down again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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