n. 1.【动物；动物学】(猎兔用的)白鼬，雪貂。 2.【动物；动物学】(美西部)黑脚黄鼬。 3.搜索者，侦探。 vt.,vi. 用雪貂(把兔等由隐藏处)驱出，搜出；搜寻。 ferret about 四处搜寻。 ferret for 探索。 ferret out 探索出，搜出；肃清。 go ferreting 带着雪貂去打猎。 n. 细布[丝]带。
The ferrets rush wildly for the fireplace . 小鼬子一窝蜂似地跑向壁炉。
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She'll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets ! 她准会把我杀死，没错，就象雪貂就是雪貂一样。
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We will drop down with the current a short distance, and ferret him out . 咱们再顺流下去，很快就会找到他的。
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The attempt to use the five regular solids to ferret out nature's secrets did not succeed . 用这五种正多面体去探索自然界的秘密的企图没有成功。
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The virus grows readily in ferrets and mice without adoption following intranasal exposure . 鼻内感染后，病毒在雪貂和小白鼠中容易生长而不需要事先适应。
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It is the responsibility of the subsurface stratigrapher to ferret out from these studies, or materials . 地下地层工作的责任在于把那些研究材料检索出来。
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And with a mental and legal equipment which for shrewdness and self-interest was not unlike that of lynx or a ferret . 而且在智力方面，法律方面，真有一套，再加上他那种精明、善于为自己打算、真活象一只山猫或是一只雪貂。
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I can ' t ferret out how to work the machine 我弄不清楚如何开动这台机器。
