美: [sɝtʃ]

英: [sɜːtʃ]

1.vi. 搜寻；调查；探求

2.vt. 搜索；搜寻；调查；搜查；探求

3.n. 搜寻；探究，查究

4.n. (Search)人名；(英)瑟奇

CET4   TEM4    ( searching, searched, searches ) 

1. [V-I] If you search for something or someone, you look carefully for them. 搜寻

例：The Turkish security forces have started searching for the missing men.土耳其安全部队已经开始搜寻失踪人员。

例：They searched for a spot where they could sit on the floor.他们在地板上寻找一个能够坐下的地方。

2. [V-T/V-I] If you search a place, you look carefully for something or someone there. 在 (某地) 搜寻; 搜查 (某地)

例：Armed troops searched the hospital yesterday.武装部队昨天搜查了这家医院。

例：She searched her desk for the necessary information.她在她的书桌里搜寻必要的资料。

例：Relief workers are still searching through collapsed buildings.救援人员仍在塌了的建筑物里搜寻。

3. [N-COUNT] A search is an attempt to find something or someone by looking for them carefully. 搜寻

例：There was no chance of him being found alive and the search was abandoned.没有他活着被找到的可能了，于是放弃了搜寻。

4. [V-T] If a police officer or someone else in authority searches you, they look carefully to see whether you have something hidden on you. 搜 (某人) 身

例：The man took her suitcase from her and then searched her.那个人从她手上拿走了她的手提箱然后搜了她的身。

5. [[计算机]] If you search for information on a computer, you give the computer an instruction to find that information. (在计算机上) 搜索

例：You can use a directory service to search for people on the Internet.你可以使用目录服务在因特网上搜索人。

6. [N-COUNT] Search is also a noun. 搜索

例：He came across this story while he was doing a computer search of local news articles.他在电脑上搜索地方新闻文章时碰到了这篇报道。

7. [PHRASE] If you go in search of something or someone, you try to find them. 寻找

例：Miserable, and unexpectedly lonely, she went in search of Jean-Paul.由于痛苦和突如其来的孤独，她去找让–保罗了。

8. [[非正式]] You say "search me" when someone asks you a question and you want to emphasize that you do not know the answer. 我哪知道

例："So why did he get interested all of a sudden?"— "Search me."“那么他为什么突然感兴趣了呢？”—“我哪知道。”