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Quest 音標拼音: [kw'ɛst] n. 探索,尋求,調查
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vi. 尋找,找,追尋獵物 探索,尋求,調查尋找,找,追尋獵物 quest n 1: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; " the pursuit of love"; " life is more than the pursuance of fame"; " a quest for wealth" [ synonym: { pursuit}, { pursuance}, { quest}] 2: the act of searching for something; " a quest for diamonds" [ synonym: { quest}, { seeking}] v 1: make a search ( for); " Things that die with their eyes open and questing"; " The animal came questing through the forest" 2: search the trail of ( game); " The dog went off and quested" 3: bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [ synonym: { bay}, { quest}] 4: seek alms, as for religious purposes 5: express the need or desire for; ask for; " She requested an extra bed in her room"; " She called for room service" [ synonym: { request}, { bespeak}, { call for}, { quest}] Quest \ Quest\, n. [ OF. queste, F. qu[^ e] te, fr. L. quaerere, quaesitum, to seek for, to ask. Cf. { Query}, { Question}.] 1. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit; as, to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc. [ 1913 Webster] Upon an hard adventure yet in quest. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] Cease your quest of love. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] There ended was his quest, there ceased his care. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Request; desire; solicitation. [ 1913 Webster] Gad not abroad at every quest and call Of an untrained hope or passion. -- Herbert. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Those who make search or inquiry, taken collectively. [ 1913 Webster] The senate hath sent about three several quests to search you out. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Inquest; jury of inquest. [ 1913 Webster] What lawful quest have given their verdict ? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Quest \ Quest\, v. t. [ Cf. OF. quester, F. qu[^ e] ter. See { Quest}, n.] To search for; to examine. [ R.] -- Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster]
Quest \ Quest\, v. i. To go on a quest; to make a search; to go in pursuit; to beg. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] If his questing had been unsuccessful, he appeased the rage of hunger with some scraps of broken meat. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 93 Moby Thesaurus words for " quest": adventure, angle for, ask for, bay, beat about for, cast about, chase, chivy, crusade, delve for, delving, dig for, dog, dogging, domiciliary visit, dragnet, emprise, expedition, exploration, ferret out, fish for, follow, follow up, follow- up, following, forage, frisk, give chase, go after, go gunning for, gun for, hollo after, hound, house- search, hue and cry, hunt, hunt for, hunt up, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, look, look for, look up, make after, mission, perquisition, pilgrimage, posse, probe, probing, prosecute, prosecution, prowl after, pursual, pursuance, pursue, pursuing, pursuit, quest after, raise the hunt, ransacking, research, rummage, run after, search, search for, search out, search party, search warrant, search- and- destroy operation, searching, see to, seek, seek for, seek out, seeking, shadowing, stalk, stalking, still hunt, still- hunt, take out after, track down, tracking, tracking down, trailing, try to find, turning over, ululate, wail |
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