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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ˈsearch ˌengine ●●○ noun [countable]  a computer program that helps you find information on the Internet 〔计算机的〕搜索引擎
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search engineEach search engine has its own quirks to lean-otherwise you'il waste a lot of time weeding through poor results.The Santa Clara-based Internet search engine provider is expected to go public later this month.Yahoo!, set up in 1994, was originally a straight forward internet search engine.Earlier AltaVista, the search engine portal, reported losses of $ 307m on revenues of $ 98m in the second quarter.So skip on over to the Alta Vista search engine at http: / / www. altavista. digital. com.
From Longman Business Dictionarysearch engineˈsearch ˌengine noun [countable] computing a computer program that searches the Internet or a computer network for information, especially by looking for documents that contain particular wordsAround 2001, the Google search engine rose to prominence.
ˈsearch ˌengine nounChineseSyllable
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search engine
ˈsearch ˌengine noun [countable]
a computer program that helps you find information on the Internet


search engineBrE /ˈsɜːtʃ endʒɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɜːrtʃ endʒɪn/ 🔊 nouna computer program that searches the Internet for information, especially by looking for documents containing a particular word or group of words (计算机)搜索引擎

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