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rummage v.到处翻寻；搜出；检查n.翻箱倒柜的寻找；临检 (1) 拉里不得不翻了好几个纸盒。(2) 老太太开始在口袋里摸索，找她的眼镜。(3) 我找出些旧衣服送给门口的那个人。(4) 她在地下室翻箱倒柜但是找不到她的收音机。 Ahoy, mateys: the word rummage hails from a sea-faring background. The Middle Dutch ruim, Germanic rum, and Old English rum all referred to a compartment on a ship, probably stemming from the Middle French verb arrumer, "to stow goods in the hold of a ship." The idea of rummaging as searching was first recorded in the 1620s. The first rummage sale also had its ship connection, as it was a sale on the docks of unclaimed items.

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英 ['rʌmɪdʒ] 美 ['rʌmɪdʒ] (1) Larry had to rummage through several cartons.(2) The old lady began to rummage in her pocket for her spectacles.(3) I rummaged out some old clothes and give them to the man at the door?(4) She gave a good rummage around her basement but couldn't find her radio anywhere. Rummage means to search for something, but in a scattered, disorganized manner. You can rummage through your drawer looking for a lost sock, or you could even hold "a rummage sale" to sell off all your socks that are missing their mates. 1[VERB 动词]搜寻；翻找；乱翻 If you rummage through something, you search for something you want by moving things around in a careless or hurried way.   [V prep]  [Also V]  [V P]  [V P n (not pron)]  [a N]They rummage through piles of second-hand clothes for something that fits...他们在一堆堆的二手衣服里翻找着合身的衣服。Marianne went to rummage in the refrigerator.玛丽安娜在冰箱里翻了翻。Rummage is also a noun.A brief rummage will provide several pairs of gloves.稍微翻翻，就能找到几双手套。...a rummage through his wardrobe for some tennis whites.在他的衣柜里翻找白色网球服Rummage about and rummage around mean the same as rummage .rummage about 和 rummage around 同 rummageI opened the fridge and rummaged about...我打开冰箱，到处乱翻。He rummaged around the post room and found the document.他翻遍了收发室，找到了那份文件。2[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]捐赠品；捐赠物 Rummage is old or unwanted things that people give away to charities.   [AM 美]...loads of pitiful rummage.大量慈善捐赠品in BRIT, use 英国英语用 jumble

英语单词	rummage
英美音标	英 ['rʌmɪdʒ] 美 ['rʌmɪdʒ]
中文释义	v.到处翻寻；搜出；检查 n.翻箱倒柜的寻找；临检
英语例句	(1) Larry had to rummage through several cartons. (2) The old lady began to rummage in her pocket for her spectacles. (3) I rummaged out some old clothes and give them to the man at the door? (4) She gave a good rummage around her basement but couldn't find her radio anywhere.
中文例句	(1) 拉里不得不翻了好几个纸盒。 (2) 老太太开始在口袋里摸索，找她的眼镜。 (3) 我找出些旧衣服送给门口的那个人。 (4) 她在地下室翻箱倒柜但是找不到她的收音机。
vocabulary简明	Rummage means to search for something, but in a scattered, disorganized manner. You can rummage through your drawer looking for a lost sock, or you could even hold "a rummage sale" to sell off all your socks that are missing their mates.
vocabulary扩展	Ahoy, mateys: the word rummage hails from a sea-faring background. The Middle Dutch ruim, Germanic rum, and Old English rum all referred to a compartment on a ship, probably stemming from the Middle French verb arrumer, "to stow goods in the hold of a ship." The idea of rummaging as searching was first recorded in the 1620s. The first rummage sale also had its ship connection, as it was a sale on the docks of unclaimed items.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]搜寻；翻找；乱翻 If you rummage through something, you search for something you want by moving things around in a careless or hurried way. [V prep] [Also V] [V P] [V P n (not pron)] [a N] They rummage through piles of second-hand clothes for something that fits... 他们在一堆堆的二手衣服里翻找着合身的衣服。 Marianne went to rummage in the refrigerator. 玛丽安娜在冰箱里翻了翻。 Rummage is also a noun. A brief rummage will provide several pairs of gloves. 稍微翻翻，就能找到几双手套。 ...a rummage through his wardrobe for some tennis whites. 在他的衣柜里翻找白色网球服 Rummage about and rummage around mean the same as rummage .rummage about 和 rummage around 同 rummage I opened the fridge and rummaged about... 我打开冰箱，到处乱翻。 He rummaged around the post room and found the document. 他翻遍了收发室，找到了那份文件。 2 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]捐赠品；捐赠物 Rummage is old or unwanted things that people give away to charities. [AM 美] ...loads of pitiful rummage. 大量慈善捐赠品 in BRIT, use 英国英语用 jumble

Rummage [V I Clothes Give Search Hold Middle