poke around
phrasal verbwithpokeverbuk/pəʊk/us/poʊk/
informal(UKalsopoke about)tosearchfor something bymovingthings around, usually not in a verycarefulororganizedway:
搜索；翻找I waspokingaroundinthedrawer,lookingfor thekey, when Ifoundthis!我在抽屉里翻来翻去找钥匙，就在这时找到了这个！
to go into differentfileson acomputer,placeson theinternet, etc. usually not in a verycarefulororganizedway:
Poking around in myregistrymakes menervousbecause I mightclickanddeletethewrongfile.
She juststartedpokingaround and this was one of the firstwebsitesthat came back.
Searching
- -seeking
- beachcomb
- beachcomber
- beachcombing
- body search
- bounty hunter
- divine
- hunting ground
- keepyour/aneye out forsomeone/somethingidiom
- leave no stone unturnedidiom
- manhunt
- mudlark
- needle
- scout
- scratch
- search
- seeksomeone/somethingout
- seeker
- shakesomeonedown
- troll