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ferret

noun
🔊/ˈferɪt/
🔊/ˈferɪt/
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  1. a small aggressive animal with a long thin body, kept for catching rabbits, killing rats, etc.雪貂（身体细长，饲养用于驱兔灭鼠）Topics Animalsc2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French fuiret, alteration of fuiron, based on late Latin furo ‘thief, ferret’, from Latin fur ‘thief’.

ferret

verb
🔊/ˈferɪt/
🔊/ˈferɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they ferret
🔊/ˈferɪt/
🔊/ˈferɪt/
he / she / it ferrets
🔊/ˈferɪts/
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past simple ferreted
🔊/ˈferɪtɪd/
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past participle ferreted
🔊/ˈferɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈferɪtɪd/
-ing form ferreting
🔊/ˈferɪtɪŋ/
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [intransitive] ferret (about/around) (for something) (informal) to search for something that is lost or hidden among a lot of things搜索，四处搜寻，翻找（丢失或藏匿的东西）
    • She opened the drawer and ferreted around for her keys.她打开抽屉，翻找她的钥匙。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive] to hunt rabbits, rats, etc. using ferrets 用雪貂猎兔（或捕鼠等）
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French fuiret, alteration of fuiron, based on late Latin furo ‘thief, ferret’, from Latin fur ‘thief’.