Searcher

(noun.) large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; found in North America.

(noun.) a customs official whose job is to search baggage or goods or vehicles for contraband or dutiable items.

手打:丽塔

• When we reached Scotland Yard she was handed over at once to the female searcher. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• In the left pocket we saw a huge silver chest, with a cover of the same metal, which we, the searchers, were not able to lift. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• I kept, among other little necessaries, a pair of spectacles in a private pocket, which, as I observed before, had escaped the emperor's searchers. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.

整理:米歇尔