| 单词 | scrounging |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈscrounging ˈscrounging n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > by irregular means sorning1506 nobbling1847 mooching1895 scrounging1919 scrounge1927 1919 tr. A. L. Vischer's Barbed Wire Dis. 44 The complaints about ‘scrounging’, which are nothing but outbreaks of loss of moral judgment. 1927 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 373/2 By dint of a little scrounging in the kitchen we managed to supply them. 1927 Observer 17 July 15/5 A stirring tale of diamond scrounging. 1946 Sun (Baltimore) 23 Oct. 4/3 There is a blunt reminder that ‘pilfering’ by a native is indistinguishable from ‘scrounging’ by an American soldier, and that ‘chiseling’ and resale of Post Exchange supplies is not an act peculiar to Filipinos. ˈscrounging ˈscrounging adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > by irregular means sorning1823 scunging1843 scrounging1956 1956 A. L. Rowse Early Churchills viii. 151 The King, who sank back into the more consoling, if hardly less scrounging, arms of the Duchess of Portsmouth and Nell Gwynn. 1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 26 June 382/4 A curious collection of notes assembled under the title ‘Autolycism’, after Autolycus, an Athenian of scrounging habits. < as lemmas |
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