n. 探索, 寻求, 调查

vt. 寻找, 找, 追寻猎物

vi. 寻找, 找, 追寻猎物

[法] 寻求, 追求, 探索

Quest \Quest\, v. t. [Cf. OF. quester, F. qu[^e]ter. See
{Quest}, n.]
To search for; to examine. [R.] --Sir T. Herbert.


Quest \Quest\, v. i.
To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg.
[R.]

If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the
rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat.
--Macaulay.


Quest \Quest\, n. [OF. queste, F. qu[^e]te, fr. L. quaerere,
quaesitum, to seek for, to ask. Cf. {Query}, {Question}.]
1. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to
find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of
game, of a lost child, of property, etc.

Upon an hard adventure yet in quest. --Spenser.

Cease your quest of love. --Shak.

There ended was his quest, there ceased his care.
--Milton.

2. Request; desire; solicitation.

Gad not abroad at every quest and call
Of an untrained hope or passion. --Herbert.

3. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively.

The senate hath sent about three several quests to
search you out. --Shak.

4. Inquest; jury of inquest.

What lawful quest have given their verdict ? --Shak.