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an attempt to find somebody/something, especially by looking carefully for them/it 搜索;搜寻;搜查;查找 - search for somebody/something
a long search for the murder weapon 长时间搜寻杀人凶器 She began a search for new premises 她开始寻找新的住所 The search for a cure goes on. 人们还在继续探寻治疗方法。 The search is on (= has begun) for someone to fill the post. 已在物色一个人来担任这一职务。 - search of something
Detectives carried out a thorough search of the building. 侦探对那栋大楼进行了彻底的搜查。 Police conducted a fingertip search of the garden. 警察对花园进行了指尖搜查。 - in search of somebody/something
She went into the kitchen in search of (= looking for) a drink. 她进了厨房,想找点喝的。 Eventually the search was called off. 搜查最后被取消了。 a search and rescue team 搜救队
Extra ExamplesHis disappearance prompted a week-long search. 他失踪后搜查行动持续了一个星期。 A team of police officers did a fingertip search of the area. 一队警员对该地区进行了地毯式搜索。 I was subjected to a body search by customs officials. 我被海关关员搜身检查。 Inspector Binns is leading the search for the stolen paintings. 宾斯巡官正带人搜寻被盗的油画。 Police conducted a routine search of all the houses in the area. 警方对本地区的所有住房进行了例行搜查。 The search for the missing men was conducted in poor weather conditions. 对失踪男子的搜寻是在恶劣天气条件下进行的。 The police immediately launched a nationwide search for the killer. 警方立即在全国范围内展开了对杀人犯的搜捕。 The police mounted an extensive search operation. 警方展开了一场大范围的搜索行动。 We're constantly in search of new talent. 我们一直在寻求新人才。 random security searches 随机安全搜查 the search for oil off the coast 近海石油勘探 to narrow the search area 缩小搜索范围
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- exhaustive
- extensive
- painstaking
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- begin
- initiate
- launch
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- operation
- area
- party
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- in search of
- search for
- search and seizure
- search for somebody/something
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an act or the activity of looking for information on a computer or on the internet 搜索;检索 I've just done a search on the internet and came up with this website. 我刚刚在网上搜索了一下,想出了这个网站。 - search for something
I did an image search for ‘vinyl record’. 我搜索了“黑胶唱片”的图片。 - search on something
A Google search on her name yielded nothing. 在谷歌上搜索她的名字一无所获。 Our site is found on the first page of search results. 我们的网站在搜索结果的第一页。
Extra ExamplesTopics Computersa2I did an internet search for free music sites. 我在因特网上搜索免费音乐网站。 Companies try to identify the most popular search terms. 公司试图找到最流行的搜索用语。 Type your domain name in the search box. 在搜索栏内键入你的域名。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- quick
- simple
- computer
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- conduct
- do
- perform
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- engine
- box
- features
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- search for
see also body search, strip search
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French cerchier (verb), from late Latin circare ‘go round’, from Latin circus ‘circle’.