From the word’s history
From Middle English serchen, from Old French cerchier, from Late Latin circāre 'to go around, search for', from circus.
源自古法文 cerchier，來自晚期拉丁文 circāre「繞圈、四處找」。
One way to hold searching: someone is looking for something they have not found, so they keep turning things over instead of stopping at the first answer. Every use keeps that unfinished, digging feeling — questions that keep turning over what you said, eyes that keep turning over your face.
searching 可以想成一個還沒找到東西的人，一直翻、一直找，不肯停在第一個答案上。所有用法都留著那種「還在挖」的感覺。問題一直翻你講過的話。眼神一直翻你的表情。
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
searchingadj/ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/
- 1
Thorough.
- Einstein's photoelectric equation has been subjected to very searching tests and it appears in every case to predict exactly the observed results.
- 2
Looking over closely; penetrating; severe.
- a searching gaze; searching criticism
- ‘So you are going out there. Famous. Interesting too.’ He gave me a searching glance, and made another note.
searchingnoun/ˈsɜːtʃɪŋ/
- 1
Search; hunt.
- Her songs take us through many mood changes from lighthearted lovesongs and social commentary to a serious searching for answers and understanding.
- Depending on whom you ask, Antony Flew is either a true convert whose lifelong intellectual searchings finally brought him to God or a senescent scholar possibly being exploited by his associates.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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