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poke about/around informal look around a place, typically in search of something 〈非正式〉搜寻, 翻寻： she poked about in the cupboard for a minute or two. 她在柜子里翻了一两分钟。 ˌpoke aˈbout/aˈround(informal)to look for sth, especially sth that is hidden among other things that you have to move搜查；翻找The police spent the day poking around in his office but found nothing.警察花了一天时间搜查他的办公室，但一无所获。(figurative)We've had journalists poking around and asking a lot of questions.我们给记者不断追问。poke about/around1. search about 寻找 * Those people are poking about for the lost child. 那些人正在寻找丢失的孩子。 * What are you doing poking about my private papers? 你在我私人文件里乱翻些什么？2. move slowly or aimlessly; do little things 闲逛；做些小事 * We've poked about for an hour in the secondhand bookstore looking at all kinds of English books. 我们在旧书店里转了一个小时，翻看各种英语书籍。 |