n. 检索；搜索（search的复数）

n the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

n an investigation seeking answers

n an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

n the examination of alternative hypotheses

n boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

v try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

v search or seek

v inquire into

v subject to a search