Word · Frequency #9375
ferreted
/ˈferət/
verb
搜出；查出；发掘
ferreted is the past of ferret.
核心释义
常与 out 连用：ferret out
to uncover or bring to light by searching
- 1.
用雪貂狩猎。
To hunt game with ferrets.
- 2.
通过搜索发现并揭露；通常指“查出”。
To uncover and bring to light by searching; usually to ferret out.
- 3.
不断追捕或骚扰
hound or harry relentlessly
用雪貂猎捕（猎物）；不断纠缠；骚扰；追击；用雪貂狩猎。；通过搜索发现并揭露；通常指“查出”。；不断追捕或骚扰
用法In use
The journalist spent weeks trying to ferret out the truth behind the company's accounts.
用法提示：ferret out 在此意为“查明、搜寻出”，作动词短语使用。
Detectives used old records to ferret out the identity of the mysterious caller.
用法提示：ferret out 表示通过仔细搜索发现，动词 ferret 后接 out。
She managed to ferret out a rare book from the dusty shelves of the library.
用法提示：这里 ferret out 意为“翻找出来”，强调仔细搜索。
ferret out sth
out 是副词小品词：宾语是代词时必须放在 out 前，如 ferret it out；名词宾语放在 out 前后都可以。
She ferreted out the truth behind the rumours.
她查出了谣言背后的真相。
go ferreting
go + doing 表示从事某项活动，这里指带雪貂猎捕。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- ferret out
- 查出；搜出（隐藏的事物）
- The reporters ferreted out the truth about the scandal.记者们查出了这桩丑闻的真相。
- ferret out the truth
- 查明真相
- It took months to ferret out the truth behind the missing funds.他们花了好几个月才查明那笔失踪资金的真相。
- ferret out information
- 打探出消息；挖出情报
- She knows how to ferret out information from reluctant sources.她知道如何从不愿开口的人那里打探出消息。
- ferret around
- 到处翻找；四处搜寻
- He was ferreting around in the drawers looking for his passport.他在抽屉里翻来翻去，找他的护照。
- go ferreting
学习提示Learner notes
语法说明Grammar Note
作及物动词时通常与 out 连用；作不及物动词时表示用雪貂狩猎。
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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