Ferret

(noun.) domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for hunting rats and rabbits.

(verb.) hunt with ferrets.

(verb.) hound or harry relentlessly.

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• Yes--yes--the end is not so difficult; if I had only a brain active enough to ferret out the means of attaining it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Oh, if he'd a notion I was within twenty miles of him, he'd ferret me out to pay off old grudges. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• They can't jump down in a hurry, and it won't take long to ferret 'em out. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I could leave it with him to ferret them out. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• A lean, ferret-like man, furtive and sly-looking, was waiting for us upon the platform. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Do come back and draw the ferrets, they are the most lovely noble darlings in the world. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• You've been unlawfully ferreting about this yard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• You've been seen in the act of ferreting about this yard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• And what have you ferreted out, in your 'spirit of laudable inquiry'? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Though a young man, I have ferreted out evidence, got up cases, and seen lots of life. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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