ferreting
present participle offerret
| 单词 | ferreting |
| 释义 | ferreting present participle offerret ferret verb informaluk/ˈfer.ɪt/us/ˈfer.ɪt/[I+ adv/prep]UK tosearchfor something bymovingthings around withyourhands,especiallyin adrawer,bag, or otherclosedspace: I was just ferretingaroundin mydrawerfor mypassport. [I] tosearchfor something or someone, bylookingin manyplacesoraskingmanyquestions: After abitof ferreting, Imanagedtofindhisaddress. Searching
Phrasal verbferretsomethingout Examplesofferretingferreting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. For example, as police commissioner, with reporters at hand, he would stalk the roughest neighborhoods at night,ferretingout criminals and police laxity. From theCambridge English Corpus He showed the heuristic value of such mistakes, by describing the growth of mathematics as a process of systematicallyferretingout mistakes in existing and new mathematical proofs and concepts. From theCambridge English Corpus Walsh's method throughout is characterised by a painstakingferretingfor the facts. From theCambridge English Corpus The only effective method of destroying rabbits is by gassing, and probably byferreting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are notferretingback into 1964 or even 1965. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No one goesferretingin order to control the rabbit population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The rest of my farm was dealt with byferreting, and the rabbits have been kept under reasonable control by that means. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the worst kind of scaremongering—ferretingaround for party political advantage in the sewer of politics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If it were used, it should be dealt with sternly, but despite all theferretingof the journalists, no violence was ever established. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question offerretingout anything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me that that perpetualferretingaround, digging and sniffing confirms that direct benefit is not easily proven. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It explicitly does not meanferretingthrough people's private e-mails or steaming open their post. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all deeply indebted to him for theferretingthat he has done over a considerable period. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are market research organisations which areferretingaround and asking daft questions about us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not need a wise man, however wise he may be,ferretingamong the facts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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