←

fossick

verb
🔊/ˈfɒsɪk/
🔊/ˈfɑːsɪk/
(Australian English, New Zealand English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they fossick
🔊/ˈfɒsɪk/
🔊/ˈfɑːsɪk/
he / she / it fossicks
🔊/ˈfɒsɪks/
🔊/ˈfɑːsɪks/
past simple fossicked
🔊/ˈfɒsɪkt/
🔊/ˈfɑːsɪkt/
past participle fossicked
🔊/ˈfɒsɪkt/
🔊/ˈfɑːsɪkt/
-ing form fossicking
🔊/ˈfɒsɪkɪŋ/
🔊/ˈfɑːsɪkɪŋ/
jump to other results
  1. [intransitive] fossick (through something) to search through something（在…中）搜寻，查找
    • He spent ages fossicking through the documents.他花了老半天时间在那些文件中搜寻。🔊🔊
  2. [intransitive] to search for gold in mines that are no longer used（在废矿中）淘金
    3. Word Originmid 19th cent. (referring to mining): probably from the English dialect sense ‘obtain by asking’ (i.e. “ferret out”).