英语词汇“to scratch for”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. To struggle to make money, to ‘scrape’. Also transitive to scrape up (money). Now dialect exc. transferred: to scratch for oneself (originally U.S.), to fend for oneself; to scratch (around) for (something), to struggle for, to labour to achieve or find, to experience difficulty in acquiring, etc.

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the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > struggle to make money

scratch1509

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > struggle to gain or scrape up (money)

gather1462

scratch1509

firk1604

scuffle1946

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > earn one's living > struggle to

scratch1509

scrape1552

scrat1579

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > seek or look after one's own interest [verb (intransitive)]

to shift for oneselfa1513

to lick one's fingers1530

to lick the trencher1542

to serve one's (also one's own) turn1560

to have an eye to (also for) the main chance1584

to look (also have an eye, etc.) to the main chance1592

squint1642

to mind, provide for, be careful of the main chance1645

to fish for oneself1647

to scratch for oneself1850

to play politics1860

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xxiii If he can be a fals extorcyoner Fasynge and bostynge to scratche and to kepe He shall be made a comon costomer.

?1548 W. Lynne tr. Vertuous Scholehous Vngracious Women sig. Cvj Thou doest scratche and rake so long at home.

1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete (1562) 66 Is it tyme for you that ye scrape and scratch together, all ye can laye youre handes on?

1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 30 Then each one had to scratch for himself.

1856 A. Cary Married 304 Shaking off the other child, [she] told him to scratch for hisself a time, while she began to prepare the supper.

1900 Pearson's Mag. May 475/2 For this they put by ivery ha' penny they could scratch an' save.

1930 V. Palmer Passage i. viii. 65 He and Bob had to scratch for a living the best way they could.

1930 V. Palmer Passage 160 We'll have to scratch for another year or two to pay off the new boat.

1947 K. Tennant Lost Haven ii. 42 How much better did it look when you went off with that..moll, and left me and the kids to scratch for ourselves?

1953 T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake 202 If his mob gets in next election they'll whip up a nice old depression, just like they did the last time, and we'll all be scratching for jobs again. The only difference is that there'll be a million or so of these bludgers scratching with us.

1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 451/1 Scratch for (something)..scratch around for (something), to look for an object, to try to obtain something, esp. money or a much-wanted object; fig., to scratch in the same way a chicken does in searching for food.

1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Turned out at an early age to scratch for themselves.

1962 A. Marshall This is Grass 202 Not that I read much. I've been too busy scratching for a crust.

1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 3/5 They moved to hake and really did a job on that. Now, they're scratching for what's left of the hake.

1976 Laurel (Montana) Outlook 9 June 16/3 This leaves the city scratching for a means to financing garbage disposal.

1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 104 Walters scratched around for 42 during which he was given a life by another blunder by Rowan.

1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) iii. x. 239 I scratched around for more details... Here are the exact dates of the convention and a preliminary program.

单词	to scratch for
释义	> as lemmas to scratch (around) for a. To struggle to make money, to ‘scrape’. Also transitive to scrape up (money). Now dialect exc. transferred: to scratch for oneself (originally U.S.), to fend for oneself; to scratch (around) for (something), to struggle for, to labour to achieve or find, to experience difficulty in acquiring, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > struggle to make money scratch1509 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (transitive)] > struggle to gain or scrape up (money) gather1462 scratch1509 firk1604 scuffle1946 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > get or make money [verb (intransitive)] > earn one's living > struggle to scratch1509 scrape1552 scrat1579 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > seek or look after one's own interest [verb (intransitive)] to shift for oneselfa1513 to lick one's fingers1530 to lick the trencher1542 to serve one's (also one's own) turn1560 to have an eye to (also for) the main chance1584 to look (also have an eye, etc.) to the main chance1592 squint1642 to mind, provide for, be careful of the main chance1645 to fish for oneself1647 to scratch for oneself1850 to play politics1860 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. xxiii If he can be a fals extorcyoner Fasynge and bostynge to scratche and to kepe He shall be made a comon costomer. ?1548 W. Lynne tr. Vertuous Scholehous Vngracious Women sig. Cvj Thou doest scratche and rake so long at home. 1560 Bp. J. Pilkington Aggeus the Prophete (1562) 66 Is it tyme for you that ye scrape and scratch together, all ye can laye youre handes on? 1850 H. C. Watson Camp-fires Revol. 30 Then each one had to scratch for himself. 1856 A. Cary Married 304 Shaking off the other child, [she] told him to scratch for hisself a time, while she began to prepare the supper. 1900 Pearson's Mag. May 475/2 For this they put by ivery ha' penny they could scratch an' save. 1930 V. Palmer Passage i. viii. 65 He and Bob had to scratch for a living the best way they could. 1930 V. Palmer Passage 160 We'll have to scratch for another year or two to pay off the new boat. 1947 K. Tennant Lost Haven ii. 42 How much better did it look when you went off with that..moll, and left me and the kids to scratch for ourselves? 1953 T. A. G. Hungerford Riverslake 202 If his mob gets in next election they'll whip up a nice old depression, just like they did the last time, and we'll all be scratching for jobs again. The only difference is that there'll be a million or so of these bludgers scratching with us. 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 451/1 Scratch for (something)..scratch around for (something), to look for an object, to try to obtain something, esp. money or a much-wanted object; fig., to scratch in the same way a chicken does in searching for food. 1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Turned out at an early age to scratch for themselves. 1962 A. Marshall This is Grass 202 Not that I read much. I've been too busy scratching for a crust. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 3/5 They moved to hake and really did a job on that. Now, they're scratching for what's left of the hake. 1976 Laurel (Montana) Outlook 9 June 16/3 This leaves the city scratching for a means to financing garbage disposal. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 104 Walters scratched around for 42 during which he was given a life by another blunder by Rowan. 1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) iii. x. 239 I scratched around for more details... Here are the exact dates of the convention and a preliminary program. extracted from scratchv. to scratch for †b. intr. to scratch for, to struggle fiercely to obtain. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] > strive for or after tilla900 strivea1300 aswinkc1300 ofswinkc1300 forstrivec1315 beswink1377 to follow after ——c1390 hacka1450 ontilla1450 prosecutea1530 to scratch for1581 ettle1592 push1595 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 415 Such as will skratch for heaven by force [L. violentis illis, qui regnum Dei rapturi sunt], must undertake no small travayles. a1625 J. Fletcher Loyal Subj. iv. iii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Fff^v/1 And were I fit to be your wife..Trust me I would scratch for ye but I would have yee. extracted from scratchv. < as lemmas
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