ransack: [13] Ransack means etymologically ‘search a house’. It was borrowed from Old Norse rannsaka, a compound verb formed from rann ‘house’ (a relative of Old English ærn ‘house’, which underlies English barn) and -saka ‘search’ (a relative of English seek). A now defunct derivative was ransackle or ranshackle, from which we get modern English ramshackle [19]. => barn, ramshackle, seek
ransack (v.)
mid-13c., from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse rannsaka "to pillage," literally "search the house" (especially legally, for stolen goods), from rann "house," from Proto-Germanic *raznan (c.f. Gothic razn, Old English ærn "house;" see barn) + saka "to search," related to Old Norse soekja "seek" (see seek). Sense influenced by sack (v.). Related: Ransacked; ransacking.
实用例句
1. He began to ransack his mother's workbox for a piece of thread.
他要找一根线,开始翻腾妈妈的针线盒.来自互联网
2. She ransack my apartment for the bankbook.
她在我公寓里到处搜索寻找存折.来自互联网
3. My girlfriend is angry mad, ransack boxes and chests finds out a dish mosquito - repellent incense comes.
