- 探し回る
- さがしまわる
to hunt around
to search about for* * *さがしまわる【捜し回る, 探し回る】look about[自] 〔…を/…しようと〕(見て)捜し回る〔for/to do〕look about for a job [to take a job] 仕事を捜し回る.
shop (a)round[自]《略式》〔仕事などを〕捜し回る.*scout|自|《略式》〔…を求めて〕捜し回る(around, about)〔for〕.*rake|自|《やや略式 》〔…を〕くまなく捜す, 捜し回る(about, around)〔among, in, through, over〕*quest|自|《正式》(犬が)〔獲物を〕捜し回る, …の臭跡を追う〔for〕.fumble|自|(不器用に)手探りする, 〔…を〕捜し回る(about, around)〔for〕.▲nose about [around] for the food 食物をかぎ回る, 捜し回る
search all over O (場所など)を捜し回る
hunt (high and low) for gold 金を(あちこち)捜し回る.
* * *さがしまわる【捜し回る・探し回る】〔なくした物を〕 search [hunt, look] up and down for…; look around [about] for…; 〔希望の物を〕 search [go about searching] for…; cast about for…; scout around for….●ほうぼう捜し回る search [hunt] high and low [everywhere] for….
●彼女はいなくなった猫を捜し回っている. Her cat's disappeared and she is searching everywhere for it.
・これは古書店を何十軒も探し回って手に入れた本だ. This is a book I scoured dozens of secondhand bookstores to find.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.