She opened the drawer and ferreted around for her keys.
她打开抽屉,翻找她的钥匙。
《牛津词典》This weekend NPR ferreted out the story behind the ever-present and never functional "Free Public WiFi".
本周末,美国国家公共电台播报了永远存在且从未起作用的“免费公共 WiFi ”背后的故事。
The police ferreted about for clues.
警察忙着寻找线索。
The insurance company ferreted out the truth about the fire.
保险公司侦破了那场火灾的真相。
John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library.
约翰在图书馆查到了问题的答案。
He ferreted about in a desk drawer for some relevant documents.
他在书桌抽屉中寻找一些有关文件。
Her mother took her to a clinic, and a doctor ferreted out the truth.
母亲带她到一间诊所,医生发现真相。
Pockets of support that might have gone unnoticed can be ferreted out.
那些过去没被注意的支持者正一批批被发掘出来.
That devil of a Marius has ferreted out the nest of a millionaire grisette in his tree of dreams!
马吕斯这小鬼,他在梦乡树上找到了一个极为富有的姑娘!
Rosenberg eventually ferreted out from Musa's papers several documents concerning the appointments.
罗森博格最终从穆萨的文件里查获了一些有关这些任命的文档。
During the early 1950’s he even ferreted out for us the first authentic Japanese restaurant in New York.
50年代初,他甚至在大纽约市大海捞针一般为我们找到一家真正的日本料理店。
Don't worry - you're not alone - and this weekend NPR ferreted out the story behind the ever present and never functional "Free Public WiFi".
别担心,你不是一个人在战斗,这个周末NPR找到一个关于一直存在却从来没实现的“免费公共无线网络”的故事。
I therefore organized my Street Arab detective corps, and sent them systematically to every cab proprietor in London until they ferreted out the man that I wanted.
于是,我就把一些街头流浪儿组成了我的一支侦查连队,有步骤地派遣他们到伦敦城每家马车厂去打听,一直到他们找到了我所要找的这个人为止。
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ferret out
搜出,搜获