rummaged adj. 已经海关检查的
v. 到处翻寻,检查(rummage的过去分词形式)
- She rummaged change from the bottom of her purse.
他为了找支票把钱包翻个底朝天。 - She rummaged change from the bottom of her purse.
她仔细在钱包底部寻找零钱。 - Ventress opened the cabinet and rummaged among the vials.
文崔斯打开橱柜,翻弄那些药水瓶。
Rummage \Rum"mage\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rummaged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Rummaging}.]
1. (Naut.) To make room in, as a ship, for the cargo; to move
about, as packages, ballast, so as to permit close
stowage; to stow closely; to pack; -- formerly written
{roomage}, and {romage}. [Obs.]
They might bring away a great deal more than they
do, if they would take pain in the romaging.
--Hakluyt.
2. To search or examine thoroughly by looking into every
corner, and turning over or removing goods or other
things; to examine, as a book, carefully, turning over
leaf after leaf.
He . . . searcheth his pockets, and taketh his keys,
and so rummageth all his closets and trunks.
--Howell.
What schoolboy of us has not rummaged his Greek
dictionary in vain for a satisfactory account! --M.
Arnold.