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

a. transitive. To make slight linear abrasions on (a surface of any kind). Also figurative. Esp. in to scratch the surface (of): to make only slight progress in understanding, taking effective action (on), etc.; not to penetrate very far (into). See also sense 3f.

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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > rub [verb (transitive)] > scratch > make a mark by scratching

scorec1400

rata1560

scratcha1684

scarify1687

the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > form (a groove) > make grooves in > slightly

scratcha1684

the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make only slight progress

labour1736

to scratch the surface (of)1915

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1669 (1955) III. 534 Observing that..some Idle people began to Scratch and injure some of them [sc. marbles].

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. ix. 73 Marble is soft, and can be scratched with a knife.

1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass xvi. 324 These specimens were sufficiently hard to scratch rock-crystal.

1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 676 The stones which have produced the furrowing are sometimes scratched themselves.

1915 New Republic 13 Feb. 41/1 With all his earnest intention Amherst merely scratches the surface of the immense field of American social endeavor.

1932 P. G. Wodehouse Louder & Funnier 269 But this has merely scratched the surface.

1936 L. Hellman Days to Come iii. 90 You haven't seen anything. They didn't scratch the surface here.

1969 Listener 13 Nov. 654/3 When it [sc. contraception] is attempted on a mass scale, as in India, it barely scratches the surface of the problem.

1971 D. Potter Brit. Elizabethan Stamps xiii. 147 This simplified account can only scratch the surface of a story which is as intriguing and rewarding as the collecting of stamps themselves.

1977 Time 9 May 48/2 The industry..has been on a hot sales streak since 1973, when energy consciousness-raising really began. And the market has barely been scratched.

absolute.1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography ix. 134 The coarse sediment scratching along the bottom, helps to tear it up.

单词	to scratch the surface
释义	> as lemmas to scratch the surface (of) a. transitive. To make slight linear abrasions on (a surface of any kind). Also figurative. Esp. in to scratch the surface (of): to make only slight progress in understanding, taking effective action (on), etc.; not to penetrate very far (into). See also sense 3f. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > rubbing or friction > rub [verb (transitive)] > scratch > make a mark by scratching scorec1400 rata1560 scratcha1684 scarify1687 the world > space > shape > unevenness > condition or fact of receding > form a recess in [verb (transitive)] > form (a groove) > make grooves in > slightly scratcha1684 the world > action or operation > continuing > progress, advance, or further continuance > progress or advance in an action [verb (intransitive)] > make only slight progress labour1736 to scratch the surface (of)1915 a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1669 (1955) III. 534 Observing that..some Idle people began to Scratch and injure some of them [sc. marbles]. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. ix. 73 Marble is soft, and can be scratched with a knife. 1832 G. R. Porter Treat. Manuf. Porcelain & Glass xvi. 324 These specimens were sufficiently hard to scratch rock-crystal. 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 676 The stones which have produced the furrowing are sometimes scratched themselves. 1915 New Republic 13 Feb. 41/1 With all his earnest intention Amherst merely scratches the surface of the immense field of American social endeavor. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Louder & Funnier 269 But this has merely scratched the surface. 1936 L. Hellman Days to Come iii. 90 You haven't seen anything. They didn't scratch the surface here. 1969 Listener 13 Nov. 654/3 When it [sc. contraception] is attempted on a mass scale, as in India, it barely scratches the surface of the problem. 1971 D. Potter Brit. Elizabethan Stamps xiii. 147 This simplified account can only scratch the surface of a story which is as intriguing and rewarding as the collecting of stamps themselves. 1977 Time 9 May 48/2 The industry..has been on a hot sales streak since 1973, when energy consciousness-raising really began. And the market has barely been scratched. absolute.1877 T. H. Huxley Physiography ix. 134 The coarse sediment scratching along the bottom, helps to tear it up. extracted from scratchv. < as lemmas
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