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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。
到处搜索，翻遍
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到处搜索，翻遍
to search a place thoroughly, often causing disorder
The thieves ransacked the entire house.
窃贼洗劫了整个房子。
常指翻箱倒柜地找东西
彻底搜查(某地、物品等),尤其是激烈地并留下混乱状态。
To search (a place, through things, etc.) thoroughly, especially when vigorous and leaving behind a state of disarray.
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。
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.
搜寻并偷窃(某物)作为掠夺品。
To search for and steal (something) as plunder.
彻底搜查,尤其是留下混乱状态。
To search thoroughly, especially when leaving behind a state of disarray.
ransack
Base
原形
ransacks
3rd person
第三人称单数
ransacking
-ing
现在分词
ransacked
Past
过去式
ransacked
Past participle
过去分词
He ransacks the house for clues.
他翻遍房子寻找线索。
They ransacked the village.
他们洗劫了村庄。
Someone has ransacked my room.
有人翻遍了我的房间。
The thieves are ransacking the store.
小偷正在洗劫商店。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The burglars ransacked the house looking for valuables.
小偷洗劫了房子寻找贵重物品。
She was ransacking the drawer for her keys.
她正在翻抽屉找钥匙。
He ransacks every room when he loses his phone.
他丢手机时会翻遍每个房间。
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。
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。
也可接容器类宾语。
He ransacked every drawer looking for the letter.
他翻遍了每个抽屉找那封信。
Not this
She ransacked through the bag.
Use this
She ransacked the bag.
动词"ransack"是及物动词，直接跟被搜查的地点或容器，不需要介词"through"。
Not this
Yesterday, he ransack the house.
Use this
Yesterday, he ransacked the house.
动词"ransack"的过去式是"ransacked"，不能使用原形。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Use ransack naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象强盗跑(ran)进屋里，拿麻袋(sack)搜刮一空，翻得乱七八糟。
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。
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.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.