/sɜ:tʃ ||; sɝtʃ/verb [I,T] search (sb/sth) (for sb/sth);search (through sth) (for sth) to examine sb/sth carefully because you are looking for sth; to look for sth that is missing 搜查；搜索；搜寻 · The men were arrested and searched for drugs. 那几个男子被逮捕并搜身，看看是否带有毒品。Were your bags searched at the airport? 你的包在机场被搜查了吗？They are still searching for the missing child. 他们仍然在搜寻那个失踪的儿童。She searched through the papers on the desk, looking for the letter. 她翻遍桌子上的文件，寻找那封信。I started searching the Web for interesting sites. 我开始了在万维网上搜寻有趣的网站。