ferreted
v.
搜寻( ferret的过去式和过去分词 );
搜索出;
到处搜寻;
用雪貂猎鼠;
例句:
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She ferreted among some papers.
她在一些文件中翻找着。
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She opened the drawer and ferreted around for her keys.
她打开抽屉，翻找她的钥匙。
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The police ferreted about all over the house for clues.
警察为寻找线索把那屋子里里外外都搜遍了.
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She ferreted in her bag; then held it up mouth downwards.
来自V. Woolf
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Rosenberg eventually ferreted out from Musa's papers several documents concerning the appointments.
来自NEWYORKER
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Even if the burrows be ferreted, in a few weeks this great hole shows signs of fresh inhabitants.
来自R. Jefferies