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- + adv./prep.
to move things around carelessly while searching for something 翻寻；乱翻；搜寻 She was rummaging around in her bag for her keys. 她在自己的包里翻来翻去找钥匙。 🔊🔊 I rummaged through the contents of the box until I found the book I wanted. 我把箱子都翻遍了才找到我要的书。 🔊🔊
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from Old French arrumage, from arrumer ‘stow (in a hold)’, from Middle Dutch ruim ‘room’. In early use the word referred to the arranging of items such as casks in the hold of a ship, giving rise (early 17th cent.) to the verb sense ‘make a search of (a vessel)’.