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strip search

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Crime & law
ˈstrip search noun [countable]  SCTAKE OFF CLOTHESa process in which you have to remove your clothes so that your body can be checked, usually for hidden drugs 〔通常为寻找隐藏的毒品而进行的〕裸身搜查strip search verb [transitive]
Examples from the Corpus
strip searchEvery date would include a meal, a movie and a strip search.In animals the sperm is given a sort of strip search as it enters the egg to remove all the organelles.I found having it taken away worse than the strip search.The strip search seemed fairly pointless, in as much as they didn't go through my pockets.They would strip search us and take our fingerprints.
ˈstrip search nounChineseSyllable
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strip search
ˈstrip search noun [countable]
a process in which you have to remove your clothes so that your body can be checked, usually for hidden drugs
—strip search verb [transitive]


strip searchBrE /ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃ/ 🔊 nounan act of searching a person for illegal drugs, weapons, etc., for example at an airport or in a prison, after they have been made to take off all their clothes (对怀疑非法携带毒品、武器等的人进行的)光身搜查 strip-search BrE /ˈstrɪp sɜːtʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstrɪp sɜːrtʃ/ 🔊 verb~ sb