| 单词 | scramble |
| 释义 | scramble (once / 407 pages) 1vn 2v To scramble is to move quickly in a disorganized fashion, like people running to get out of the rain. When you scramble a message, it can no longer be read. Have you ever run somewhere, in a hurry, with no regard for how you looked? Then you scrambled. Quarterbacks scramble when they need to escape defenders trying to clobber them. A scramble is not graceful; people scramble when they want to get somewhere fast. Also, scrambling refers to altering a message so others can't read it. Putting a message into code is a type of scrambling. Scrambled messages are like scrambled eggs: all mixed up. WORD FAMILYscramble: scrambled, scrambler, scrambles, scrambling, unscramble+/scrambler: scramblers/unscramble: unscrambled, unscrambles, unscrambling USAGE EXAMPLESIt wasn’t long before other coaches scrambled to catch up. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) For now, however, the company is scrambling just to get him something other than white. Golf Digest(Jan 02, 2017) In the second quarter, Nebraska’s quarterback, Tommy Armstrong, Jr., was tackled while scrambling. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1v to move hurriedly The friend scrambled after them Hyper go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2v climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling Syn|Hyper clamber, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle climb move with difficulty, by grasping 3n an unceremonious and disorganized struggle Syn|Hyper scuffle battle, struggle an energetic attempt to achieve something 4n rushing about hastily in an undignified way 2Syn|Hyper scamper, scurry haste, hurry, rush, rushing the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner 1v bring into random order Syn|Hypo|Hyper jumble, throw together tumble throw together in a confused mass disarray, disorder bring disorder to 2v make unintelligible scramble the message so that nobody can understand it Ant|Hyper unscramble make intelligible alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation 3v stir vigorously Syn|Hypo|Hyper beat whip, whisk whip with or as if with a wire whisk creammake creamy by beating agitate, commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex change the arrangement or position of |
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