ransack

• vt. 洗劫，掠夺；遍寻

来自古诺斯语 ransakka,入室抢劫，来自 rann,屋子，房屋，词源同 barn,saka,搜寻，翻找，词 源同 seek.

1. steal goods; take as spoils;

"During the earthquake people looted the stores that were deserted by their owners"

2. search thoroughly;

"They combed the area for the missing child"

ransack

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.

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.

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My girlfriend is angry mad, ransack boxes and chests finds out a dish mosquito - repellent incense comes.

我女朋友气疯了, 翻箱倒柜找出一盘儿 蚊香 来.

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