| 单词 | scrape |
| 释义 | scrape (skreɪp ) Word forms: scrapes , scraping , scraped 1. verb If you scrape something from a surface, you remove it, especially by pulling a sharp object over the surface. She went round the car scraping the frost off the windows. [VERB noun with adverb] Young children were trying to scrape up some of the rice that spilled from the sacks. [VERB noun with adverb] Synonyms: rake, sweep, drag, brush 2. verb If something scrapes against something else or if someone or something scrapes something else, they rub against it, making a noise or causing slight damage. The only sound is that of knives and forks scraping against china. [VERB preposition] The cab driver struggled with her luggage, scraping a bag against the door as they came in. [VERB noun preposition] The car hurtled past us, scraping the wall and screeching to a halt. [VERB noun] There was a scraping sound as she dragged the heels of her shoes along the pavement. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: grate, grind, scratch, screech Scrape is also a noun. From the other side of the door came the scrape of a guard's boot. scraping singular noun [NOUN of noun] The house was silent but for the scraping of a branch on the slates. 3. verb If you scrape a part of your body, you accidentally rub it against something hard and rough, and damage it slightly. She stumbled and fell, scraping her palms and knees. [VERB noun] Synonyms: graze, skin, scratch, bark 4. verb To scrape data is to collect it by running a program over the output generated by another program. [computing] You can write a simple script to scrape the data. [VERB noun] Often scraped data needs to be refined so that you only have the information you require. [VERB-ed] 5. countable noun [usu in/into N] If you are in a scrape, you are in a difficult situation which you have caused yourself. [old-fashioned] We got into terrible scrapes. Synonyms: predicament, trouble, difficulty, spot [informal] 6. to scrape the barrel phrase If you say that someone is scraping the barrel, or scraping the bottom of the barrel, you disapprove of the fact that they are using or doing something of extremely poor quality. [informal, disapproval] 7. to scrape a living phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that someone scrapes a living or scratches a living, you mean that they manage to earn enough to live on, but it is very difficult. In American English, you say they scrape out a living or scratch out a living. He almost manages to scrape a living as an artist. Phrasal verbs: scrape by phrasal verb If someone scrapes by, they earn just enough money to live on with difficulty. We're barely scraping by on my salary. [VERB PARTICLE] scrape through phrasal verb If you scrape through an examination, you just succeed in passing it. If you scrape through a competition or a vote, you just succeed in winning it. Both my brothers have university degrees. I just scraped through a couple of A-levels. [VERB PARTICLE noun] If we can get a draw, we might scrape through. [VERB PARTICLE] scrape together phrasal verb If you scrape together an amount of money or a number of things, you succeed in obtaining it with difficulty. They only just managed to scrape the money together. [VERB noun PARTICLE] It's possible the Congress Party will scrape together a majority. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Idioms: bow and scrape to be too respectful towards a powerful or famous person Having a hereditary title can be a drawback because some people feel they have to bow and scrape. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers scrape the bottom of the barrel or scrape the barrel to use something or do something that is not very good, because you cannot think of anything better to use or do The game designers were scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas when they came up with this one. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: scrape the side Use a metal spatula to scrape the side of the bowl and mix the butter pieces throughout the flour. Times, Sunday Times We were on one of those steep spirals that are so narrow it takes all your concentration just to stop your car scraping the sides. Times, Sunday Times Scrape the sides of the pot down as it cooks to ensure the vanilla seeds don't dry out. Times, Sunday Times Put the pan on a lowish heat, scraping the sides with a spatula. Times, Sunday Times Scrape the sides with a rubber spatula and blitz again while pouring in the boiling water through the funnel until fully combined and smooth. Times, Sunday Times Plastic can also smother corals - depriving them of the light and water circulation that they need - and scrape their skin, allowing infections to enter and spread. Times, Sunday Times In addition, fire corals have a sharp, calcified external skeleton that can scrape the skin. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The peelers rotate, scraping the skin off the carrots. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Exchange of teachers and pupils, shared trips and a joint musical production scrape the surface of the joint activities already in train. Times, Sunday Times The cash would only scrape the surface of the company's problems, however. Times, Sunday Times Then, they scrape the surface of the cervix with a spatula or small brush. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also scraped the surface of the pitch with his spikes, so that only dust remained on a spinner's length. Times, Sunday Times This four-square profile barely scrapes the surface. Times, Sunday Times I had seen photographs of him in magazines---a cadaverous dandy with a cap of bootblack hair scraped back from his bony brow. ABOUT THE AUTHOR (2001) Now women in aprons with their hair scraped back under scarves began to materialize on their scrubbed front steps. THE WHITE DOVE (1990) Translations: Chinese: 刮掉, 刮擦 Japanese: こすり落とす, すりむく |
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