- [intransitive] ferret (about/around) (for something) (informal) to search for something that is lost or hidden among a lot of things搜索,四处搜寻,翻找(丢失或藏匿的东西)
- She opened the drawer and ferreted around for her keys.她打开抽屉,翻找她的钥匙。
- [intransitive] to hunt rabbits, rats, etc. using ferrets用雪貂猎兔(或捕鼠等)
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French fuiret, alteration of fuiron, based on late Latin furo ‘thief, ferret’, from Latin fur ‘thief’.