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 searching
 (a.)搜索的,遍尋的,徹底的搜索,檢查

 searching
 查尋

 searching
 搜尋

 Search v. t. [imp. & p. p. Searched p. pr. & vb. n. Searching.]
 1. To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city. “Search the Scriptures.”
    They are come to search the house.   --Shak.
    Search me, O God, and know my heart.   --Ps. cxxxix. 23.
 2. To inquire after; to look for; to seek.
    I will both search my sheep, and seek them out.   --Ezek. xxxiv. 11.
    Enough is left besides to search and know.   --Milton.
 3. To examine or explore by feeling with an instrument; to probe; as, to search a wound.
 4. To examine; to try; to put to the test.
 To search out, to seek till found; to find by seeking; as, to search out truth.
 Syn: -- To explore; examine; scrutinize; seek; investigate; pry into; inquire.

 Search·ing, a. Exploring thoroughly; scrutinizing; penetrating; trying; as, a searching discourse; a searching eye. “Piercing, searching, biting, cold.”
 -- Search*ing*ly, adv. -- Search*ing*ness, n.
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 searching
      adj 1: diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation; "a
             probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their
             past dealings" [syn: inquisitory, probing]
      2: having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought,
         expression, or intellect; "searching insights"; "trenchant
         criticism" [syn: trenchant]
      3: exploring thoroughly