root around(somewhere)
phrasal verbwithrootverbuk/ruːt/us/ruːt/
informal(UKalsoroot about (somewhere),root round (somewhere))tosearchfor something,especiallybylookingthrough other things:
(尤指在其他物品中)翻找,翻寻She wasrootingaroundinherdrawerfor apencil.她在抽屉中翻找铅笔。
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