🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

搜索

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sōusuǒ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Search/sɜːtʃ/
verbnounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #450 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"我在网上搜索一些资料。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To look for someone or something carefully by inspecting a place, person, or database.

    "She searched everywhere for her lost car keys."
As noun
  1. 1

    An act of searching for someone or something.

    "The police launched an intensive search for the missing child."

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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old French verb 'cerchier', which stems from the Late Latin 'circare' (to go around, traverse, wander about), ultimately coming from Latin 'circus' (circle). Over time, the meaning evolved from traveling around in a circle to looking thoroughly for something.

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