| 词汇 | scoured |
| 释义 | scoured past simple and past participle ofscour scour verb uk /skaʊər/ us /ˈskaʊ.ɚ/ scourverb (CLEAN)[ T ](alsoscour out) to remove dirt from something by rubbing it hard with something rough: 擦，擦净;刷，刷掉 You'll have to scour out those old cooking pots before you use them.这些旧锅用之前得好好刷一刷。 Cleaning generally brush someone/something off cleaner cleaning cleanse cleansing groom hoovering mop pick pick someone/something up purification purifier rinse scrub sponge spring-cleaning squeegee steam-clean sterilizing swill scourverb (SEARCH)[ T ] to search a place or thing very carefully in order to try to find something: 认真搜索，细查 The police are scouring the area for the missing child.警方在这个地区四处搜查，寻找失踪的孩子。 I scoured the shops for a blue and white shirt, but I couldn't find one anywhere.我跑遍商店想买一件蓝白相间的衬衫，但却怎么也买不到。 to search for something searchI've searched everywhere and can't find my passport. lookShe was looking in her handbag for a pen. huntI've hunted all over the place but I can't find that book. rummageHe rummaged through his pockets, looking for his keys. ferret outThe inspector general has broad powers to ferret out fraud on the state and local level. combPolice combed the area for evidence. Searching -seeking beachcomb beachcomber beachcombing body search bounty hunter divine hunter hunting ground keep your/an eye out for someone/somethingidiom leave no stone unturnedidiom manhunt needle scout scratch search seek someone/something out seeker shake someone down troll scourverb (ANIMAL ILLNESS)[ I ] (of farm animals, especially cows and pigs) to have diarrhoea: Several calves were scouring and one died within days. Zoology: veterinary medicine acaricide altered animal doctor anti-rabies bovine spongiform encephalopathy castrate cowpox foam lame leptospirosis mange mangy mpox neutered nosema put something to sleepidiom put something/someone down scrapie veterinary worm Phrasal verbscour something out Examples of scouredscoured In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He scoured the country for pupils who were already literate and knew the rudiments of arithmetic. Unfortunately, the large fuselage number on one side had been scoured away by wind. The sandstones consist of stacked sheets (0.5-1.5 m thick) separated by flat to slightly scoured bounding surfaces. As one would expect, he has scoured the newspapers of the era for significant reviews and interviews. The most controversial section is that dealing with postulated tsunami-generated coastal forms, especially scoured bedrock surfaces. It has instead been scoured away by a handful of riveting future person cases collectively known as the 'non-identity problem'. This facies shows an erosional/scoured upper contact (sections 1, 2). The ignimbrite has a scoured base overlain by inverse-graded lapilli-tuff with diffuse bedding that passes up into massive lapillituff. Live individuals were also occasionally scoured and entrained. The world is increasingly being scoured for large deposits of good quality ore which are near the seaboard. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imports have been encouraged and the world has been scoured for goods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If you scoured the whole county you would not have got a better zoologist and geologist than those two men. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As an export company, we scoured the world for work and had teams working with local people all over the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of us have scoured all sources to find such a case, but without success. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The manager of the local employment exchange scoured the country for a valve fitter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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