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单词 scrabble
释义
scrabblescrab‧ble /ˈskræbəl/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINscrabble
Origin:
1500-1600 Dutch schrabbelen ‘to scratch’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
scrabble
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyscrabble
he, she, itscrabbles
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyscrabbled
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave scrabbled
he, she, ithas scrabbled
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad scrabbled
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill scrabble
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have scrabbled
Continuous Form
PresentIam scrabbling
he, she, itis scrabbling
you, we, theyare scrabbling
PastI, he, she, itwas scrabbling
you, we, theywere scrabbling
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been scrabbling
he, she, ithas been scrabbling
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been scrabbling
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be scrabbling
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been scrabbling
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Curious, I began scrabbling about with my foot, to see what it was.
  • He scrabbled and flung refuse this way and that and finally he turned his eyes upward.
  • He inserted his hands into the mud, and scrabbled.
  • Perhaps you're less well-prepared, with fewer resources and had to scrabble around to find your college place through Clearing?
  • She was scrabbling around, searching for the door-lock.
  • The horse moved on to unsound ground, feeling the danger and scrabbling for a foothold.
  • There were no masses of poor crushed together in fetid slums, scrabbling for every crust.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· She was scrabbling around, searching for the door-lock.· Perhaps you're less well-prepared, with fewer resources and had to scrabble around to find your college place through Clearing?· But they're gone, and you're scrabbling around for work.· But with everyone listening intently, there followed what seemed like hours of scrabbling around with my paper looking for page two.· I saw you from the doorway scrabbling around like a maniac.· Willie and Zach waited at the foot of the ladder while Sammy scrabbled around the first rung.
to try to find or do something very quickly, usually by moving your hands or feet in an uncontrolled wayscrabble for He scrabbled for the light switch.scrabble around/about She was scrabbling around, searching for the door.
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