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单词 scrubbing
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scrubbingn.

/ˈskrʌbɪŋ/
Etymology: -ing suffix1.
The action of scrub v.1, in various senses.
1. Scratching. Obsolete.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun] > scratching, scraping, or abrasion
clawing1398
razinga1400
scrattinga1400
scrapingc1440
scrape1483
raze1530
rasure1596
rasion1617
scrub1621
scrubbing1622
scrapelet1625
grazing1698
scratch1765
rake1869
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. 119 The cattell went grazing on the humane Pasture of my miserable corps; I awaked with their nibbling, fell a scrubbing, and [etc.].
1667 J. Lacy Sauny the Scott (1698) ii. i I take as Muckle Pleasure, Sir, in Scratten and Scrubben, as ye de in Tiplin and Mowing.
2.
a. Rubbing with a hard brush and water; transferred rubbing with something bristly.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > [noun] > scratching, scraping, or abrasion > with something bristly
scrubbing1681
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [noun]
scouringa1398
scrub1621
scrubbing1749
brush1822
offscouring1896
scour1910
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis ii. §i. iv. 204 The outward Skin being taken off, the Fruit looks and feels like a round Scrubing-Brush.
1693 J. Dryden tr. Juvenal in J. Dryden et al. tr. Juvenal Satires vi. 108 To shun the scrubbing of a Bearded Kiss.
1749 G. Berkeley Word to Wise in Wks. (1871) III. 445 A little washing, scrubbing, and rubbing, bestowed on their persons and houses.
b. Surgery. The action of scrub v.1 3d. Also with up.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > other surgical practices > [noun] > scrubbing up before operation
scrubbing1898
scrub1937
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing oneself or body > [noun] > washing the hands > before surgery
scrubbing1898
scrub1937
1898 Wharton & Curtis Pract. of Surg. viii. 156 This scrubbing should be employed for several minutes; the hands are then rinsed to remove the soap, and are soaked for two minutes in a 1 to 1000 bichloride of mercury solution.
1910 H. A. Haubold Preparatory & After Treatm. in Operative Cases vi. 127 The object of the scrubbing is not to destroy the bacteria, but to remove them.
1937 ‘J. Bell’ Murder in Hosp. vi. 109 The ‘scrubbing up’ process occupied about ten minutes.
1969 B. Weil Dossier IX xviii. 142 The space between the sides of the theatre and the walls had been fitted out for scrubbing up with washbasins.
1976 J. Archer Not Penny More xii. 140 ‘Jean-Pierre, you scrub up as instructed.’.. Jean-Pierre appeared from the scrubbing-up room.
1978 Roaf & Hookinson Basic Surg. Care ix. 141 All preparation must be made beforehand to ensure that it is unnecessary to touch any unsterile surface once scrubbing is complete.
3. A beating, a drubbing. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > prevailing or mastering > overcoming or overwhelming > defeating completely
profligationc1475
scrubbing1813
smashing1821
dish1891
tanking1905
socking1978
1813 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 485 Three thousand French horse..have given Scheubler a severe scrubbing.
4. The action of scrub v.1 5; removal of impurities from a material (usually a gas or vapour).
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > removal of impurities from gas or vapour > [noun]
scrubbing1896
1896 B. Redwood Treat. Petroleum II. 424 The scrubbing process consists in passing the gas through a series of coke towers in which it is exposed to streams of oil and water, the volatile hydrocarbons being removed by the oil, and the ammonia by the water.
1921 W. H. Fulweiler in A. Rogers Industr. Chem. (ed. 3) xx. 499 The gas is forced to pass in contact and bubble through the scrubbing liquid by a series of partitions arranged across the flow of gas.
1959 Engineering 23 Jan. 99/3 I am insufficiently informed of the details of gas scrubbing practice to say whether the systems at present in use are satisfactory.
1976 Offshore Engineer Apr. 61/1 There is continuous scrubbing of the air (many other subs have manual bleed-in and scrubbing) with direct readouts of O2 and CO2 levels as well as silica gel drying agents to remove moisture.
1976 Physics Bull. Apr. 160/2 A reduction of η to about zero or even slightly negative can be achieved by ion ‘scrubbing’ of the vacuum chamber surfaces in a high pressure argon glow discharge.
5. = scrub n.2 1b.
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society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [noun] > movement of tyre in contact with road
scrub1936
scrubbing1936
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles according to means of motion > vehicle moving on wheels > [noun] > parts of vehicle moving on wheels > wheel > rubber or pneumatic tyre > specific movement of tyre
scrub1936
scrubbing1936
1936 Proc. Inst. Automobile Engineers 30 739 Tyre wear due to lateral reaction, where location is high, offsets that which occurs in independently sprung cars due to ‘scrubbing’ when cornering.
1959 Manch. Guardian 27 July 2/3 Wear is the result of relative movement between tyre and road—‘scrubbing’ in other words.
1979 Truck & Bus Transportation Sept. 72/1 A third axle was placed between the front and rear axles to act as a turning pivot for the whole trailer. The result—no more scrubbing.

Compounds

scrubbing-board n.
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1889 H. S. Edwards in Cent. Mag. XXXVIII. 84/1 Her great black, muscular arms drooped towards the scrubbing-board that reclined in the tub.
1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 155 It is believed that ribbed wooden scrubbing boards..originated in Scandinavia and the manufacture spread to other countries during the 19th century.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

scrubbingadj.1

Etymology: < scrub v.2 + -ing suffix2.
Obsolete.
Squalid, beggarly.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > [adjective] > dirty and mean
ungoderlyc1400
sluttish?1529
squalid1596
scrubbing1603
sordid1611
snotty1681
frowzy1710
grub1719
seedy1725
unkempt1838
grubby1844
crumby1859
ratty1867
scruffy1871
scrutty1914
scummy1932
ribby1936
raunchy1937
sleazy1941
scroungy1948
manky1958
skanky1963
grungy1965
scungy1966
scuzzy1969
scrungy1974
skeevy1976
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [adjective]
carlisha1240
lewdc1380
carlc1450
villain1483
ruffian1528
shake-ragged1550
porterlike1568
popular1583
ungracious1584
ordinarya1586
tapsterly1589
mechanic1598
round-headed1598
base-like1600
strummell-patch1600
porterly1603
scrubbing1603
vernaculous1607
plebeian1615
reptile1653
proletarian1663
mobbish1695
low1725
terraefilial1745
low-lifed1747
Whitechapel1785
lowlife1794
boweryish1846
gutter1849
bowery1852
lowish1886
swab1914
lumpen1944
1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. D1 Hungry Coffin-sellers, scrubbing Bearers, and nastie Graue-makers.
1622 T. Dekker & P. Massinger Virgin Martir iii. sig. H2 Nor do I care From what a lauish hand your money flies, So you giue none away, feed beggers. Hirc. Hang 'em. Harp. And to the scrubbing poore. Hirc. Ile see 'em hangd first.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

scrubbingadj.2

Etymology: < scrub v.1 + -ing suffix2.
That scrubs (a floor, wood, etc.).
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > scouring, scrubbing, or rubbing > [adjective]
scrubbing1868
1868 M. H. Smith Sunshine & Shadow in N.Y. 362 The crowd is composed of the millionaire and the hod~carrier..madame flashing jewels, and the scrubbing-woman who cleans paint and washes linen.
1936 M. de la Roche Whiteoak Harvest xvi. 198 Two scrubbing women were sent to prepare the house for Sarah.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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