| 词汇 | scouring |
| 释义 | scouring present 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 scouringscouring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Upon arrival, several calves were scouring and one died within days. Likewise, no scouring structures are evident, indicating that the trackway was not eroded by a cur rent. Lower bedding planes are erosional, planar or scouring, and show erosional features; flute casts, tool marks, rip-up clasts. Lower bedding planes are erosional, planar or scouring and show erosional features; tool marks, flute casts, gutter casts, load casts, and rip-up clasts. This leaves the interested researcher scouring through the vast case study literature that addresses elections and party competition. We hope that excluded researchers understand the difficulty in scouring 30 years of literature. I learned about their back-breaking work scouring the countryside for wood to warm the water and, finally, how impossible it was to find clean water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By the middle of 1965 stocks were very low and the cement makers were scouring the world for imports at high prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Two of the legs began to wobble, and that again caused more scouring of the sand until eventually, having dislodged 6 ft. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is scouring the country for spare suitable rolling stock, so far to no avail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This silting is only held in check by the scouring action of the flood waters coming down from the upper reaches of the river. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I imagine it is those in which soap has to be used in scouring wool yarn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our leading stores are scouring the world for high quality textiles because they are not avail able at home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am keen to see an increase in the use of the private finance initiative for the scouring of public projects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that there was some scouring of past texts to come up with that formula. 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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