search engine

noun
🔊/ˈsɜːtʃ endʒɪn/
🔊/ˈsɜːrtʃ endʒɪn/
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  1. a computer program that searches the internet for information, especially by looking for documents containing a particular word or group of words(计算机)搜索引擎Topics Phones, email and the internetb1
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySearch engine is used before these nouns:
    • traffic
    Search engine is used after these nouns:
    • Internet
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