fer·ret /ˈfɛrət/
 白鼬,雪貂,偵探,細帶(vt.)用雪貂打獵,搜出,驅出(vi.)搜索


 ferret
 電子間諜


 ferret
 偵察


 Fer·ret n.  Zool. An animal of the Weasel family (Mustela furo syn. Putorius furo), about fourteen inches in length, of a pale yellow or white color, with red eyes.  It is a native of Africa, but has been domesticated in Europe.  Ferrets are used to drive rabbits and rats out of their holes.  They are sometimes kept as pets.


 Fer·ret, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ferreted; p. pr. & vb. n. Ferreting.]  To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret.
    Master Fer! I'll fer him, and firk him, and ferret him.   --Shak.


 Fer·ret, n.  A kind of narrow tape, usually made of woolen; sometimes of cotton or silk; -- called also ferreting.


 Fer·ret, n.  Glass Making The iron used for trying the melted glass to see if is fit to work, and for shaping the rings at the mouths of bottles.

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 ferret
      n 1: ferret of prairie regions of United States; nearly extinct
           [syn: black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes]
      2: domesticated albino variety of the European polecat bred for
         hunting rats and rabbits
      v 1: hound or harry relentlessly
      2: hunt with ferrets
      3: search and discover through persistent investigation; "She
         ferreted out the truth" [syn: ferret out]


 Ferret
    Lev. 11:30 (R.V., "gecko"), one of the unclean creeping things.
    It was perhaps the Lacerta gecko which was intended by the
    Hebrew word (anakah, a cry, "mourning," the creature which
    groans) here used, i.e., the "fan-footed" lizard, the gecko
    which makes a mournful wail. The LXX. translate it by a word
    meaning "shrew-mouse," of which there are three species in
    Palestine. The Rabbinical writers regard it as the hedgehog. The
    translation of the Revised Version is to be preferred.