单词 | scrawl |
释义 | scrawl (once / 2020 pages) vn To scrawl is to write in a quick, barely readable scribble. When you're signing a document, you might scrawl your name across the bottom. Doctors are well-known for the way they scrawl prescriptions on a pad, and you can refer to that chicken scratch handwriting itself as a scrawl. It's not easy to read someone's scrawl, which is careless and rushed. The origin of scrawl is (fittingly) unclear, although one guess connects it to the Middle English scrawlen, "spread out the limbs" or "sprawl." WORD FAMILYscrawl: scrawled, scrawler, scrawling, scrawls+/scrawler: scrawlers USAGE EXAMPLESThe words “Oakland” and “Strong” are scrawled on the front and the words “Always” and “Remember” on the back. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Graffiti were scrawled in large, crudely painted letters across its side: “Not a production part” — as if there were any doubt. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) She usually scrawled it in English, and with red ink. The New Yorker(Dec 26, 2016) 1v write carelessly Syn|Hyper scribble write mark or trace on a surface 2n poor handwriting Syn|Hypo|Hyper cacography, scratch, scribble chicken scratch cramped or illegible handwriting squigglean illegible scrawl hand, handwriting, script something written by hand |
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