fossick

剑桥词典

to search for something amongst other things
搜寻，寻觅
We then had to spend about half an hour fossicking around for our bags . 然后我们花了半个小时找包。

to look for gold or valuable stones , especially in places where these things were once dug from the ground
（尤指在原有的矿床中）淘金；寻宝
They travelled to Glenalva to try fossicking for sapphires . 他们前往格兰纳尔瓦试图挖到蓝宝石。 返回 fossick