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ransack

verb
🔊/ˈrænsæk/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they ransack
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he / she / it ransacks
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past simple ransacked
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past participle ransacked
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-ing form ransacking
🔊/ˈrænsækɪŋ/
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  1. ransack something to make a place untidy, causing damage, because you are looking for something洗劫；（为找东西）把…翻腾得乱七八糟 synonym turn upside down
    • Burglars ransacked her home.盗贼把她家洗劫一空。
    • The house had been ransacked by burglars.这房子遭到了盗贼的洗劫。🔊🔊
    • The palace was ransacked by rioters in 1848.1848年，宫殿遭到暴乱者的洗劫。
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Norse rannsaka, from rann ‘house’ + a second element related to sœkja ‘seek’.