搜索枯肠 meaning in English
rack [ransack] one's brains (for fresh ideas or apt expressions); beat [cudgel] one's brains; rack one's brains (to do ...); scratch through one's mind for sth. -- a self-depreciatory phrase of a man of letters; think hard 短语和例子
Examples
- He cast about desperately for something to say .
他搜索枯肠找话说。 - Once more there was silence between them, each one searching for words .
他们又沉默无语，两人都在搜索枯肠，想找到适当的话语。 - Mr. godfrey made an effort, and came out with a new and amended version of the affair .
于是高孚利先生搜索枯肠，终于想出一种新的说法来讲了。 - He racked his memory for some clue to the origin of corporal whitcomb's bitterness toward him .
他搜索枯肠想找一找惠特科姆下士对他怨恨的缘故。 - Julia was bending over a desk, her tongue protruding slightly, absorbed in the agonies of composition .
朱丽娅埋头在课桌上，舌头微微伸出，正在搜索枯肠做作文。