释义 |
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024score /skɔr/USA pronunciation n., pl. scores; score for 11.; v., scored, scor•ing. n. [countable] - Gamesthe record of points made by the players in a game or contest:It was a tie score at the end of the half, 6-6.
- Psychology, Education, Psychology, Educationperformance on an examination or test, expressed by a number or other symbol:Her score on the test was 99%.
- a notch or scratch:scores on the murder weapon.
- Mathematicsa group or set of 20:a score of victims.
- a reason or cause for something:to complain on the score of low pay.
- Informal Termsthe facts of a situation:[usually singular* the + ~]What's the score on Saturday's picnic?
- Music and Dance
- a piece of music with the vocal and instrumental parts arranged on lines.
- the music for a movie, play, or television show:He wrote the score for the movie.
- Slang Terms
- a purchase of, or act of obtaining, illegal drugs.
- a successful robbery.
v. - Gamesto earn in a game, as points or hits: [~ + object]scored a lot of runs in the first inning.[no object]failed to score in the first half.
- to get a score of: [~ + object]scored 98 on the test.[no object]How well did you score on the last test?
- Gamesto keep score, as of a game: [no object]He scored for us as we bowled.[~ + object]Someone has to score the game for us.
- to have as a certain value in points:[~ + object]Four aces score 100.
- Psychology, Education, Psychology, Education to evaluate the responses made on (a test or examination):[~ + object]Who's in charge of scoring these writing tests?
- Music and Dance[~ + object]
- to orchestrate.
- to compose the music for (a movie, play, etc.).
- Food[~ + object] to cut shallow ridges, cuts, or lines on something, as meat or fish before cooking.
- Slang Terms
- to obtain (a drug) illegally: [~ + object]to score some heroin.[no object]an addict who needed to score.
- [~ + object] to steal.
- to achieve a success: [~ + object]scored another triumph in his movie.[no object]scored again with his third major film this year.
- Slang Terms[no object]to succeed in finding a willing sexual partner.
Idioms- Idioms pay off or settle a score, or have a score to settle, to get revenge;
retaliate:They had an old score to settle, so they met outside for a fistfight. score•less, adj. scor•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024score (skôr, skōr),USA pronunciation n., pl. scores, score for 11, v., scored, scor•ing. n. - Gamesthe record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match.
- the total points or strokes made by one side, individual, play, game, etc.
- an act or instance of making or earning a point or points.
- Psychology, Education, Psychology, Education[Educ., Psychol.]the performance of an individual or sometimes of a group on an examination or test, expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol.
- a notch, scratch, or incision;
a stroke or line. - a notch or mark for keeping an account or record.
- a reckoning or account so kept;
tally. - any account showing indebtedness.
- an amount recorded as due.
- a line drawn as a boundary, the starting point of a race, a goal line, etc.
- Mathematicsa group or set of 20:about a score of years ago.
- scores, a great many:Scores of people were at the dance.
- a reason, ground, or cause:to complain on the score of low pay.
- Informal Terms
- the basic facts, point of progress, etc., regarding a situation:What's the score on Saturday's picnic?
- a successful move, remark, etc.
- Music and Dance
- a written or printed piece of music with all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged on staves, one under the other.
- the music itself.
- the music played as background to or part of a movie, play, or television presentation.
- Slang Terms
- a success in finding a willing sexual partner;
sexual conquest. - a purchase or acquisition of illicit drugs, as heroin or cocaine.
- a single payoff obtained through graft by a police officer, esp. from a narcotics violator.
- a successful robbery;
theft. - any success, triumph, happy acquisition, gift, or win.
- the victim of a robbery or swindle.
- Idioms pay off or settle a score, to avenge a wrong;
retaliate:In the Old West they paid off a score with bullets. v.t. - Gamesto gain for addition to one's score in a game or match.
- to make a score of:He scored 98 on the test.
- to have as a specified value in points:Four aces score 100.
- Psychology, Education, Psychology, Education[Educ., Psychol.]to evaluate the responses a person has made on (a test or an examination).
- Music and Dance
- to orchestrate.
- to write out in score.
- to compose the music for (a movie, play, television show, etc.)
- Food[Cookery.]to cut ridges or lines into (meat, fish, etc.) with shallow slashes, usually in a diamond pattern, before cooking.
- to make notches, cuts, marks, or lines in or on.
- to record or keep a record of (points, items, etc.), by or as if by notches, marks, etc.;
tally; reckon (often fol. by up). - to write down as a debt.
- to record as a debtor.
- to gain, achieve, or win:The play scored a great success.
- Slang Terms
- to obtain (a drug) illicitly.
- to steal.
- to acquire;
be given.
- to berate or censure:The newspapers scored the mayor severely for the announcement.
- to crease (paper or cardboard) so that it can be folded easily and without damage.
v.i. - Gamesto make a point or points in a game or contest.
- Gamesto keep score, as of a game.
- to achieve an advantage or a success:The new product scored with the public.
- to make notches, cuts, lines, etc.
- to run up a score or debt.
- Slang Terms
- to succeed in finding a willing sexual partner;
have coitus. - to purchase or obtain drugs illicitly.
- to elicit and accept a bribe.
- Old Norse skora to notch, count by tallies; later verb, verbal senses derivative of the noun, nominal; akin to shear
- Old Norse skor notch; (verb, verbal) Middle English scoren to incise, mark with lines, tally debts
- bef. 1100; (noun, nominal) Middle English; late Old English scora, score (plural; singular *scoru) group of twenty (apparently origin, originally notch)
score′less, adj. scor′er, n. |