search

詞型變化：

名詞:searcher 動詞過去式:searched 過去分詞:searched 現在分詞:searching 第三人稱單數:searches 形容詞:searchable

詞意辨析：

search, seek, comb

這些動詞均含有“尋找”之意。
search: 側重努力和徹底搜尋某人或某地。
seek: 書面用詞，使用廣。指付出很大努力去尋找某人或某物。
comb: 指像梳頭一樣進行搜尋，側重費力和徹底搜查。 

例句：

1. Where's the newspaper?' Search me, I haven't seen it.'
   ｀報紙在哪兒呢?＇｀不知道，我沒看見.＇
2. I want to search out an old school friend.
   我想尋找我的一個老同學。
3. Scientists are still searching for a cure to the common cold.
   科學家仍在尋求治療感冒的方法。
4. They searched the woods for the little boy.
   他們在森林中搜尋到了那個小男孩。
5. We did a computer search for all the hyphenated words.
   我們用電腦查找所有用連字元連線的詞。

英文解釋：

名詞 search:

1. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
   同義詞：hunt, hunting
2. an investigation seeking answers
3. an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
   同義詞：lookup
4. the examination of alternative hypotheses
5. boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

動詞 search:

1. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
   同義詞：seek, look for
2. search or seek
   同義詞：look
3. inquire into
   同義詞：research, explore
4. subject to a search