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search party

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˈsearch ˌparty noun [countable]  LOOK FORa group of people who are organized to look for someone who is missing or lost 搜救队 Let’s get going or they’ll send out a search party. 我们走吧,不然他们要派搜救队来了。
Examples from the Corpus
search partyWhen they did not return that night, Richard led a search party for them at first light the following morning.A search party fanned the countryside.A search party found him the next day, dead from exposure.The problem was making her presence known to any search party.I kept that up until dawn, when the search party returned, Esmerelda-less, then I let myself go to sleep.
ˈsearch ˌparty nounChineseSyllable
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search party
ˈsearch ˌparty noun [countable]
a group of people who are organized to look for someone who is missing or lost:
    Let’s get going or they’ll send out a search party.


search partyBrE /ˈsɜːtʃ pɑːti/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsɜːrtʃ pɑːrti/ 🔊 noun [countable + singular or plural verb] an organized group of people who are looking for a person or thing that is missing or lost 搜索队