单词:ransacked
v search thoroughly
s wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value
ransack的用法和样例:
例句
- He began to ransack his mother's workbox for a piece of thread.他要找一根线,开始翻腾妈妈的针线盒。
- The room had been thoroughly ransacked and the contents of drawers and cupboards lay in confusion on the floor.房间已被彻底洗劫过,抽屉和橱柜里的东西都乱七八糟地摊在地板上。
经典引文
Ransacked the desks, throwing open drawers, glancing at letters.
出自:E. BlishenRansacking the English language for..epithets.
出自:Listener
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