Scrub

[skrʌb]

解释:

(noun.) the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water.

(noun.) dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes.

(verb.) wash thoroughly; 'surgeons must scrub prior to an operation'.

(verb.) clean with hard rubbing; 'She scrubbed his back'.

(adj.) (of domestic animals) not selectively bred .

以利沙整理--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To rub hard; to wash with rubbing; usually, to rub with a wet brush, or with something coarse or rough, for the purpose of cleaning or brightening; as, to scrub a floor, a doorplate.

(v. i.) To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour; hence, to be diligent and penurious; as, to scrub hard for a living.

(n.) One who labors hard and lives meanly; a mean fellow.

(n.) Something small and mean.

(n.) A worn-out brush.

(n.) A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant; as, oak scrub, palmetto scrub, etc.

(n.) One of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc.

(a.) Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

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同义词及近义词:

v. a. Scour, cleanse, clean, rub hard.

v. n. Work hard.

n. Mean fellow.

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解释:

v.t.. to rub hard esp. with something rough.—v.i. to be laborious and penurious:—pr.p. scrub′bing; pa.t. and pa.p. scrubbed.—n. one who works hard and lives meanly: anything small or mean: a worn-out brush: low underwood: a bush: a stunted shrub: a worthless horse.—p.adj. Scrubbed (Shak.)=Scrubby.—ns. Scrub′ber in Australia an animal which breaks away from the herd: a machine for washing leather after the tanpit; Scrub′bing; Scrub′bing-board a wash-board; Scrub′bing-brush a brush with short stiff bristles; Scrub′-bird an Australian bird.—adj. Scrub′by laborious and penurious: mean: small: stunted in growth: covered with scrub.—ns. Scrub′-grass the scouring-rush; Scrub′-oak a name of three low American oaks; Scrub′-rid′er one who rides in search of cattle that stray from the herd into the scrub; Scrub′-rob′in a bird inhabiting the Australian scrub; Scrub′stone a species of calciferous sandstone; Scrub′-tur′key a mound-bird; Scrub′-wood a small tree.

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录入:温思罗普

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