search

search, seek, comb

这些动词均含有“寻找”之意。
search: 侧重努力和彻底搜寻某人或某地。
seek: 书面用词，使用广。指付出很大努力去寻找某人或某物。
comb: 指像梳头一样进行搜寻，侧重费力和彻底搜查。

名词 search:

1. the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone
   同义词：hunt, hunting
2. an investigation seeking answers
3. an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
   同义词：lookup
4. the examination of alternative hypotheses
5. boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

动词 search:

1. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
   同义词：seek, look for
2. search or seek
   同义词：look
3. inquire into
   同义词：research, explore
4. subject to a search

1. Where's the newspaper?' Search me, I haven't seen it.'
   ｀报纸在哪儿呢?＇｀不知道，我没看见.＇
2. I want to search out an old school friend.
   我想寻找我的一个老同学。
3. Scientists are still searching for a cure to the common cold.
   科学家仍在寻求治疗感冒的方法。
4. They searched the woods for the little boy.
   他们在森林中搜寻到了那个小男孩。
5. We did a computer search for all the hyphenated words.
   我们用电脑查找所有用连字符连接的词。