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

scrabblescrabble /ˈskræbəl/ verb [intransitive always + adv./prep.]

ETYMOLOGYscrabble

Origin: 1500-1600 Dutch schrabbelen to scratch

VERB TABLE

scrabble

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	scrabble
	he, she, it	scrabbles
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	scrabbled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have scrabbled
	he, she, it	has scrabbled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had scrabbled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will scrabble
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have scrabbled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am scrabbling
	he, she, it	is scrabbling
	you, we, they	are scrabbling
Past	I, he, she, it	was scrabbling
	you, we, they	were scrabbling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been scrabbling
	he, she, it	has been scrabbling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been scrabbling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be scrabbling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been scrabbling

to try to find something quickly by feeling with your fingers, especially among a lot of other things: scrabble for something She scrabbled under the bed for her slippers. [Origin: 1500–1600 Dutch schrabbelen to scratch]