rum·mage /ˈrʌmɪʤ/
(vt.)(vi.)到處翻尋,搜出,檢查翻箱倒櫃的尋找,檢查,碎屑
Rum·mage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rummaged p. pr. & vb. n. Rummaging ]
1. Naut. To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written roomage, and romage. [Obs.]
They might bring away a great deal more than they do, if they would take pain in the romaging. --Hakluyt.
2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every corner, and turning over or removing goods or other things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over leaf after leaf.
He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys, and so rummageth all his closets and trunks. --Howell.
What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M. Arnold.
Rum·mage n.
1. Naut. A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowage; -- formerly written romage. [Obs.]
2. A searching carefully by looking into every corner, and by turning things over.
He has made such a general rummage and reform in the office of matrimony. --Walpole.
Rummage sale, a clearance sale of unclaimed goods in a public store, or of odds and ends which have accumulated in a shop.
Rum·mage, v. i. To search a place narrowly.
I have often rummaged for old books in Little Britain and Duck Lane. --Swift.
[His house] was haunted with a jolly ghost, that . . .
. . . rummaged like a rat. --Tennyson.
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rummage
n 1: a jumble of things to be given away
2: a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or
confusion); "he gave the attic a good rummage but couldn't
find his skis" [syn: ransacking]
v : search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers"