Ferret
['ferɪt] or ['fɛrɪt]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits.
(verb.) hunt with ferrets.
(verb.) hound or harry relentlessly.
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解釋/意思:
(n.) An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela / Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes. It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe. Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.
(n.) To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret.
(n.) A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.
(n.) The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.
編輯:纳内特
解釋/意思:
n. a half-tamed albino variety of the polecat employed in unearthing rabbits.—v.t. to drive out of a hiding-place: to search out cunningly:—pr.p. ferr′eting; pa.p. ferr′eted.—n. Ferr′eter one who uses a ferret to catch rabbits &c.: one who searches minutely.
n. ribbon woven from spun silk.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Yes--yes--the end is not so difficult; if I had only a brain active enough to ferret out the means of attaining it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- Oh, if he'd a notion I was within twenty miles of him, he'd ferret me out to pay off old grudges. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- They can't jump down in a hurry, and it won't take long to ferret 'em out. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- I could leave it with him to ferret them out. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- A lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking, was waiting for us upon the platform. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Do come back and draw the ferrets, they are the most lovely noble darlings in the world. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- You've been unlawfully ferreting about this yard. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- You've been seen in the act of ferreting about this yard. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- And what have you ferreted out, in your 'spirit of laudable inquiry'? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Though a young man, I have ferreted out evidence, got up cases, and seen lots of life. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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