sạo sục
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Definition
- Verb:
- To search thoroughly / to rummage: To look for something by moving things around and examining many places in a detailed, often untidy or persistent manner.
- To scour / to comb through: To examine or go over an area very carefully and completely in order to find something.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Cảnh sát đang sạo sục khu rừng để tìm manh mối. (The police are scouring the forest to find clues.)
- Nó sạo sục trong ngăn kéo nhưng vẫn không thấy chìa khóa. (He rummaged through the drawer but still couldn't find the key.)
- Họ sạo sục khắp nơi để tìm con mèo bị lạc. (They searched everywhere for the lost cat.)
Advanced Usage
- The verb often implies a search that is intrusive, vigorous, and leaves things disordered. It can be used for both literal physical searches and more figurative, determined investigations.
Variants and Related Words
- Sục sạo (v): A direct variant with identical meaning and usage.
- Tôi phải sục sạo cả phòng để tìm ra tài liệu đó. (I had to comb through the whole room to find that document.)
Synonyms
- To rummage: To search untidily and unsystematically.
- To scour: To search a place or area thoroughly.
- To comb through: To examine something very carefully and completely.
- To ransack: To search a place, causing disorder (implies greater intensity).
Related Idioms
- While "sạo sục" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its meaning aligns with the concept of a desperate or exhaustive search, as in "lật tung mọi ngóc ngách" (to turn over every nook and cranny).
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