2.[ʹferıt]v <Í> 1. охотиться с хорьком (обыкн.to go ferreting) 2. (from, out of) выгонять (из норы; тж.ferret off) 3. разыскивать, рыться, шарить (тж.ferret about) to ferret (about) in one's pockets - шарить в карманах (в поисках чего-л.) to ferret about among old documents - рыться в старых документах 4. преследовать, беспокоить his problems ferreted him day and night - неприятности не давали ему покоя ни днём ни ночью
II [ʹferıt] n <Í> 1) шёлковая отделочная тесьма 2) плотна я бумажная или шерстяная тесёмка
ferret Идиома
chutney ferret
derogatory term for a homosexual male
ferret out
find or discover by diligent searching找出;探出;搜出 The murderer was ferreted out.凶手被查获了。 John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library.约翰在图书馆找到了问题的答案。 Where did you ferret out my book?I lost it long ago.你从哪儿找到我这本书的?它已丢失好长时间了。 Jane smelled out the boy's secret hiding place in the woods.简发现了这男孩在树林里的秘密隐藏处。
ferret/smell out
find or discover by diligent searching找出;探出;搜出 The murderer was ferreted out.凶手被查获了。 John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library.约翰在图书馆找到了问题的答案。 Where did you ferret out my book?I lost it long ago.你从哪儿找到我这本书的?它已丢失好长时间了。 Jane smelled out the boy's secret hiding place in the woods.简发现了这男孩在树林里的秘密隐藏处。
ferret sth out of
Idiom(s): ferret sth out of sb or sth
Theme: INQUIRY
to remove or retrieve something from someone or something, usually with cunning and persistence. • I tried very hard, but I couldn't ferret the information out of the clerk. • I had to ferret out the answer from a book in the library.
ferret out|ferret
literary or smell out|sniff out v. To hunt or drive from hiding; to bring out into the open; search for and find. John ferreted out the answer to the question in the library.Jane smelled out the boys' secret hiding place in the woods.
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