| 单词 | scratch out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scratch out 4. intransitive. Of a bird or animal: To remove earth, etc., with the claws. Also transitive with adverbs, to scratch out, to extricate or disinter with the claws; to scratch up, to heap up by scratching. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > maiming or mutilation > maim or mutilate [verb (transitive)] > put out eyes to turn outc1450 to scratch out?1527 to put forth1534 poach1608 gouge1785 gouge1800 deoculate1816 the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > remove soil or make hole by scratching > heap up by scratching to scratch up?1527 the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > remove soil or make hole by scratching > disinter by scratching to scratch out?1527 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > by scratching to scratch out?1527 scrat1886 scrumble1906 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > rub [verb (transitive)] > scratch > with thorns, nails, claws, etc. scrapec1430 to scratch out?1527 claut1596 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate > heap or pile up > by scratching to scratch up?1527 the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > scratch about > remove soil or make hole by scratching scratch1867 ?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. oiii They put their bylles in ye erthe sometyme so depe that they can nat gete it vp agayne & than they scratche theyr billes out agayn with theyr fete. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary i. 247 I found they [sc. jackals] had scratched up the earth almost to his body. 1867 R. Broughton Cometh up as Flower II. v. 74 We..found the doomed chanticleer scratching and scraping peaceably on the dunghill. to scratch out a. trans. to scratch out: to erase (writing) with a penknife. Also (cf. 3c), to delete by crossing through with a pen. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > writing, etc. deface1340 razea1393 blot1530 to put out1530 delete1540 dispunct1570 obliterate1578 expunct1596 expunge1602 erase1605 dele1612 dispunge1622 retrench1645 liturate1656 excise1663 to scratch out1712 efface1737 extrapolate1831 1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 25 Jan. (1948) II. 472 I have often scratched out passages from papers and pamphlets sent me..because I thought them too severe. a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1765) I. iv. 253 [He] did, with his knife, scratch out the letters. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. viii. 302 The butler refused to scratch Hough's name out of the buttery book. < as lemmas |
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