汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 顺藤摸瓜
shùn téng mō guā
顺藤摸瓜 (順藤摸瓜)
lit. to follow the vine to get to the melon / to track sth following clues
Follow the melon vines to find the watermelon / Metaphor to investigate things according to a certain clue
追溯 刨根问底 寻根究底
摸寻找。比喻按照某个线索查究事情。
顺 (順) shùn 藤 téng 摸 mō/mó 瓜 guā
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

然后运行程序，看系统是否提示错误，再顺藤摸瓜去解决。

Run a program next, see a system whether hint mistake, again track down by following clues goes solving.

我顺藤摸瓜找到了问题的根源，也已经把它解决了。

I was able to track down the source of the problem and had it dealt with already.

罗斯顺藤摸瓜又追回了纽约。马赛尔正在纽约拍电影：《病毒攻占曼哈顿》。

Ross 'search leads him back to New York, where Marcel is filming Outbreak II: The Virus Takes Manhattan.

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