| 单词 | scour |
| 释义 | scour (once / 1188 pages) 1vn 2v If you're going to scour those dishes, you'll need a good scouring pad. To scour also means to examine something very, very closely. Having lost his contact lens at the party, Robert asked everyone to scour the room to help him find it. When you scour something with your eyes, you examine or search it very closely. For example, when the girl went missing, the police used dogs and helicopters to scour the area. When you scour something with your hands, you scrub it very hard—often with a brush or pad—until the surface is spotless. For example, to remove the graffiti from the wall outside the restaurant you'll have to scour it by hand, probably for hours. Looking for a job? Scour those classified ads! WORD FAMILYscour: scoured, scourer, scouring, scours+/scourer: scourers/scouring: scourings USAGE EXAMPLESBefore slavery was restricted by the Spanish crown, in 1542, slaving parties scoured Honduras, kidnapping Indians to work plantations, mines, and households. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) She scoured the internet for information about stillbirths and pinched umbilical cords - the culprit in her son’s death. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) Kurt Walthour with the Delaware County bomb technicians says the technicians were scouring the scene for evidence “to try to help trace this back.” Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v rub hard or scrub scour the counter tops Syn|Hyper abrade rub move over something with pressure 2v rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid Syn|Hyper flush, purge rinse, rinse off wash off soap or remaining dirt 3v clean with hard rubbing Syn|Hypo|Hyper scrub holystone scrub with a holystone rub move over something with pressure 4n a place that is scoured (especially by running water) 2Hyper place, spot, topographic point a point located with respect to surface features of some region v examine minutely The police scoured the country for the fugitive Hyper look for, search, seek try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of |
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