短语 | poke about/around |
释义 | poke about/around informal look around a place, typically in search of something 〈非正式〉搜寻, 翻寻: she poked about in the cupboard for a minute or two. 她在柜子里翻了一两分钟。 ˌpoke aˈbout/aˈround(informal)to look for sth, especially sth that is hidden among other things that you have to move搜查;翻找The police spent the day poking around in his office but found nothing.警察花了一天时间搜查他的办公室,但一无所获。(figurative)We've had journalists poking around and asking a lot of questions.我们给记者不断追问。poke about/around1. search about 寻找   * Those people are poking about for the lost child. 那些人正在寻找丢失的孩子。   * What are you doing poking about my private papers? 你在我私人文件里乱翻些什么?2. move slowly or aimlessly; do little things 闲逛;做些小事   * We've poked about for an hour in the secondhand bookstore looking at all kinds of English books. 我们在旧书店里转了一个小时,翻看各种英语书籍。 |
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