root about

karıştırarak aramak, eşelemek

Eşyaları çoğu zaman düzensizce yerinden oynatarak bir şey aramak.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To search for something by moving things around, often without much order.

• I rooted about in the drawer.
• He was rooting about for his glasses.
• Have you been rooting about in my cupboard again?

Nasıl kullanılır: root about in something (I rooted about in my bag for the ticket.); root about for something (She rooted about for a spare key.)

Eş anlamlılar: rummage, hunt around

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: root about for something, root about in something

burnuyla eşelemek, yiyecek aramak

Bir hayvanın toprağı veya başka malzemeleri burnuyla eşeleyerek yiyecek araması.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: To search for food by pushing the nose around in soil or other material.

• The pigs root about in the mud.
• A boar rooted about beneath the trees.
• The animals were rooting about for food among the leaves.

Nasıl kullanılır: root about in something (The pigs rooted about in the soft earth.); root about for something (Wild boars root about for roots and insects.)

Eş anlamlılar: forage

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: root about for food, root about in mud