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    body search

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Police
    ˈbody search noun [countable]  SCPTTa thorough search for drugs, weapons etc that might be hidden on someone’s body 搜身；搜身检查 Everyone entering the building had a body search. 进入大楼的每一个人都接受了搜身。 —body-search verb [transitive]
    Examples from the Corpus
    body search• A bullet-proof glass screen sealed the public gallery and everyone entering the building was subjected to a body search.• The reporter was subjected to a body search by presidential guards.• If I were a store detective, I'd never have let me out of there without a body search.
    ˈbody search nounChineseSyllable
    search etc weapons Corpus a for thorough drugs,


    body search
    ˈbody search noun [countable]
    a thorough search for drugs, weapons etc that might be hidden on someone’s body:
        Everyone entering the building had a body search.
    —body-search verb [transitive]


    body searchBrE /ˈbɒdi sɜːtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈbɑːdi sɜːrtʃ/ 🔊 nouna search of a person's body, for example by the police or by a customs official, for drugs, weapons, etc. 搜身