Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon...是什么意思？

Officers combed the woods for the murder weapon...

警察在树林里四处搜寻凶器。

officers

n. 军官( officer的名词复数 )，（政府，会社等的）高级官员[职员]，警察的头衔；

例句
The officers and crew prepared to abandon ship in an orderly fashion.
全体船员秩序井然地准备弃船。

combed

n. 精梳；v. 梳理( comb的过去式和过去分词 )，在…搜寻，彻底搜查；

例句
Salvatore combed his hair carefully...
萨尔瓦托认真地梳了梳头。

the

art. 指已提到的人（物），指说话人与听者已知的人（物），用于独一无二的事物前，与形容词最高级和序数词连用；

例句
He did have a real knowledge of the country...
他对该国的确知之甚多。

woods

n. 森林，木( wood的名词复数 )，（保龄球戏的）木瓶，树林，木头球棒（旧时通常有木制顶部的高尔夫球棒）；

例句
Perhaps you've some doubts about the attack. In that case it may interest you to know that Miss Woods witnessed it...
你也许对这起袭击还有些怀疑。那么如果我告诉你伍兹小姐亲眼目睹了这起事件，你可能会感兴趣。

for

prep. 为，为了，倾向于，关于，当作；conj. 因为，由于；

例句
I've come looking for a bit of advice.
我特来讨教。

murder

n. 谋杀，杀戮，极艰难[令人沮丧]的经历；vt. 凶杀，糟蹋，打垮；vi. 杀人；

例句
He was intent on murder and he came within an ace of succeeding.
他一心想杀人并且差点就得逞了。

weapon

n. 武器，兵器；vi. 武装，提供武器；

例句
The strongest weapon in the government's armoury is the price cuts announced on Saturday...
政府最有力的对策是在星期六宣布价格下调。