| 词组 | ferret |
| 释义 | ferret noun 1 the penis. A celebration of the animal's talent for exploring holes AUSTRALIA, 1971. 2 a member of the security services engaged to 'sweep' for and remove electronic bugging devices UK, 1977. 3 a beret. Royal Air Force use a deliberately poor rhyme UK, 2002.► give the ferret a run(of a male) to engage in sexual intercourse. Also variant 'exercise the ferret' AUSTRALIA, 1968 ferret out ferret out sth • ferret sth out to succeed in finding something that is difficult to find, especially a piece of information: She had a way of ferreting out people's secrets. The company is working to ferret out problems with its software.■ SIMILAR TO: unearth, dig (redirected from ferret) ferret outTo discover or retrieve something, usually with careful effort. A noun or pronoun can be used between "ferret" and "out." Now that I'm a successful actress, I'm worried about what the media will ferret out about my tawdry past. ferret something out (from something)Fig. to fetch something out from something. We will have to ferret the mouse out from behind the stove. We can ferret out the mouse with the aid of the cat. ferret something out (of someone or something)and ferret something outFig. to get, remove, or retrieve something from someone or something, usually with cunning and persistence. I tried very hard, but I couldn't ferret the information out of the clerk. I had to ferret out the answers one by one. ferret outUncover and bring to light by searching, as in Sandy was a superb reporter, tireless in ferreting out whatever facts were needed for her story . This expression alludes to hunting with ferrets, weasel-like animals formerly used to drive rabbits out of their burrows. [c. 1600] ferret outv. To uncover or extract something by searching or questioning: The detective ferreted out the sequence of events by questioning all of the witnesses. We ferreted the truth out after we finished our investigation. |
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