| 单词 | score |
| 释义 | score I. 1. a. or plural score (1) < more than a score of cities > < his paintings have … appeared in over a score of smaller exhibitions — Think > (2) < a few score … will be authorized to write and speak — O.T.Mallery > < the flock numbers about two score > < his years were four score > (3) (4) obsolete b. scores plural < scores of lakes > < scores of people made homeless by a storm > 2. a. < the score should run with the grain whenever possible — Book Production > < scores, although they do not pass entirely through the skin, are almost as bad as cuts, because they weaken the leather — Crops in Peace & War > < a score made by a piston on a cylinder wall > especially b. (1) (2) c. 3. a. b. c. 4. a. b. < I keep … some sort of log or score of what occupies me — Gilbert Ryle > < bade them call at the inn on their way home and drink a pint on his score — Adrian Bell > c. < leaving others to pay the score — Edith Wharton > 5. < took advantage of the meeting to settle old scores — American Guide Series: Louisiana > 6. a. < the first airplane was not perfect but it was not chopped up and abandoned on that score — H.C.Lodge > < excused himself from the bullring on the score of fatigue — Frank Yerby > < his situation was still very desperate; on that score he allowed himself no illusions — Rafael Sabatini > b. < ideas on the score of feminine loveliness were bounded on all four sides by the golden vision — T.B.Costain > < the droning on that score I had to listen to — Learned Hand > 7. a. < orchestral score > < piano score > b. c. 8. a. b. < had a score of 21 killings — W.J.Ghent > < holds low score on reading best sellers — Current Biography > c. < scores are made by carrying or passing the ball over the goal line > d. < the remark was not intended as a score against him > 9. 10. < 93 score butter > < no animal had a score above 80 > 11. slang 12. < know the score on unemployment > < many victims of communism know what the score is — Armed Forces Talk > • - go off at score - in score II. transitive verb 1. a. b. < scoring up the customers > c. < men who would observe and score up each point and counterpoint — Osbert Sitwell > < asked to score a high rating — Book Production > < scores him right — J.D.Morris > 2. < jet planes score the heavens with their vapor trails — Phil Stong > as a. obsolete < to score out a path > b. < to score a tally > < pavements … were scored with chalk marks for hopscotch — Rebecca West > c. < scores through a figure that is wrong — Seven to Eleven > < he introduced into his reckoning sets of fixed exceptions, amendments on amendments; then he scored them all off — Van Wyck Brooks > 3. < score timber > < the brakedrum surface becomes scored when it is worn by braking action — Principles of Automotive Vehicles > < the flood has scored out a deep channel in the middle of the lane — C.S.Jarvis > as a. < score the flounder diagonally into a diamond pattern nearly to the backbone of the fleshy side — Jan Sebastian > < peels … cucumbers, scores them with the tines of a fork — Jane Nickerson > b. < rock scored by a moving glacier > c. < each form is scored without ink in two places across the face to provide a guide and aid for folding — L.B.Gatchell > d. 4. a. b. < my predecessors were equally scored for expressing personal opinions at variance with the criticism in the magazine — Norman Cousins > < magistrate … scored the youths, calling them “rough, tough show-offs” — New York Times > < much more interesting conversation than the itch to score people off — J.C.Powys > 5. a. < scored a home run > b. c. < a touchdown scores six > d. e. < scored the man on second > f. < the enemy scored a local gain > < score a victory > < score a theatrical success > < a reporter scored a scoop > < a bomb that scores a direct hit > 6. a. < score a test or examination > < score candidates for a job on the basis of their skill or knowledge > b. < butter was scored weekly — G.H.Wilster > < dogs were scored according to their merits — W.F.Brown b. 1903 > 7. a. < one refrain takes two and a half hours to score and copy — R.R.Bennett > < was originally scored for four orchestras — Ralph Hill > b. (1) (2) 8. a. b. intransitive verb 1. obsolete 2. a. b. c. 3. 4. < scored in the 7th inning > < a bad throw from the catcher is almost sure to allow the runner to score — W.L.Myers > 5. a. < enjoyed scoring over an opponent — Béla Menczer > < nylon also scores over cotton and wool in being resistant to moths — Desmond Reilly > b. < an actor who scores in a play > c. < poinsettias have scored high, especially at Christmastime — Anne Dorrance > 6. a. < a horse scores for a race > b. of a pack of hounds 7. slang < told his stories of scoring in such places — Clellon Holmes > III. slang IV. 1. < adventuress who … scores the dude and splits — Elizabeth Ashley > 2. < should be able to score a ham sandwich — Glenn O'Brien > intransitive verb < college roommates who … score with the same girl — L.H.Lapham > |
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