Word · Frequency #19173
ransack
到处搜索，翻遍
to search a place thoroughly, often causing disorder
常指翻箱倒柜地找东西
- 1.
To search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray.
彻底搜查(某地、物品等),尤其是激烈地并留下混乱状态。
- 2.
To search (someone or a place) thoroughly in order to steal something, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray; hence, to rob (someone or a place); to plunder.
彻底搜查(某人或某地)以偷窃,尤其是猛烈地并留下混乱状态；因此,抢劫(某人或某地)；掠夺。
- 3.
To search for and steal (something) as plunder.
搜寻并偷窃(某物)作为掠夺品。
- 4.
To search thoroughly, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
彻底搜查,尤其是留下混乱状态。
洗劫，掠夺；彻底搜查(某地、物品等),尤其是激烈地并留下混乱状态。；彻底搜查(某人或某地)以偷窃,尤其是猛烈地并留下混乱状态；因此,抢劫(某人或某地)；掠夺。；搜寻并偷窃(某物)作为掠夺品。；彻底搜查,尤其是留下混乱状态。
In use
The burglars ransacked the house looking for valuables.
She was ransacking the drawer for her keys.
He ransacks every room when he loses his phone.
ransack + place
及物动词，后直接接地点名词。
The thieves ransacked the entire house.
窃贼洗劫了整个房子。
ransack + place + for + something
强调搜索目的。
She ransacked her room for the missing key.
她翻遍了房间找丢失的钥匙。
ransack + container
也可接容器类宾语。
He ransacked every drawer looking for the letter.
Connections
Collocations
- ransack the house
- 翻遍整栋房子
- The police ransacked the house looking for evidence.警察翻遍了整栋房子寻找证据。
- ransack the room
- 把房间翻得乱七八糟
- Someone had ransacked her hotel room.有人把她的酒店房间翻得乱七八糟。
- ransack the place
- 洗劫这个地方
- Thieves ransacked the place and stole everything valuable.盗贼洗劫了那个地方，偷走了所有值钱的东西。
- ransack someone's room
- 翻遍某人的房间
- Dad ransacked my room looking for the game console.爸爸翻遍了我的房间找游戏机。
- ransack drawers
- 翻箱倒柜
- She ransacked every drawer in the kitchen to find the recipe.她把厨房的每个抽屉都翻遍了，想找到那份食谱。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象强盗跑(ran)进屋里，拿麻袋(sack)搜刮一空，翻得乱七八糟。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：police or security searches、descriptions of burglaries or thefts、searching through drawers, closets, or rooms in a hurry 该词在日常和新闻语境中都较常见，多用于描述把某处翻得乱七八糟的彻底搜查，或洗劫、掠夺某处；语气比较直接，带有“翻乱”的意味，但不算粗俗，也不显得特别正式。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Ranch, rank, and rant match the /ræn/ opening; ransom matches /ræns/; sack matches the final /sæk/ sound but is unstressed in ransack. Range is a spelling lookalike with a different vowel: /reɪndʒ/, so it does not rhyme.
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。
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