| 词组 | find |
| 释义 | find /faɪnd/ verb (past tense and past participle found /faʊnd/) [T] to discover, see, or get something that you have been searching for: I can’t find my car keys. We need to find somewhere to live. She had almost given up hope of finding a husband. They think they have found the solution.phrasessb/sth is nowhere to be found (=used when people cannot find someone or something anywhere) Her mother went to the shops, and on her return, Kathleen was nowhere to be found.sth is found hidden somewhere The bag was later found hidden in the bushes. THESAURUS: find discover to find something that was hidden or that people did not know about before: A second bomb has been discovered in south London. | The island was first discovered by Captain Cook. | Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in 1898. locate formal to find the exact position of something: The airline are still trying to locate my luggage. | Online maps make it easy to locate almost any place in the world. come across sth to find something unexpectedly when you are not looking for it: I came across some old letters from my father in my drawer. stumble on/across sth to find something unexpectedly, especially something very important: They may have stumbled across some vital evidence. | You may have stumbled on the truth. trace to find someone or something that has disappeared, especially by a careful process of collecting information: She had given up all hope of tracing her missing daughter. track sb/sth down to find someone or something that is difficult to find by searching in different places: I’ve been trying to track down a book that’s out of print. | The police managed to track down the killer. unearth to find something that has been hidden or lost for a long time, by digging or searching for it: In 1796, a carved stone was unearthed near the burial mound. |
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