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searcher 音標拼音: [s'ɚtʃɚ] n. 搜索者,調查官,檢查官 搜索者,調查官,檢查官 searcher搜索裝置 searcher搜尋器 searcher n 1: someone making a search or inquiry; " they are seekers after truth" [ synonym: { seeker}, { searcher}, { quester}] 2: a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items 3: large metallic blue- green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America [ synonym: { searcher}, { searcher beetle}, { Calosoma scrutator}] Searcher \ Search" er\, n. [ Cf. OF. cercheor inspector.] One who, or that which, searches or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically: ( a) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death. -- Graunt. ( b) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc. ( c) An inspector of leather. [ Prov. Eng.] ( d) ( Gun.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities. ( e) An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier. ( j) ( Med.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc. [ 1913 Webster]
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