Scour

['skaʊə] or ['skaʊɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a place that is scoured (especially by running water).

(verb.) rub hard or scrub; 'scour the counter tops'.

(verb.) examine minutely; 'The police scoured the country for the fugitive'.

艾德蒙編輯--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To rub hard with something rough, as sand or Bristol brick, especially for the purpose of cleaning; to clean by friction; to make clean or bright; to cleanse from grease, dirt, etc., as articles of dress.

(v. t.) To purge; as, to scour a horse.

(v. t.) To remove by rubbing or cleansing; to sweep along or off; to carry away or remove, as by a current of water; -- often with off or away.

(v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to brush along; to traverse or search thoroughly; as, to scour the coast.

(v. i.) To clean anything by rubbing.

(v. i.) To cleanse anything.

(v. i.) To be purged freely; to have a diarrhoea.

(v. i.) To run swiftly; to rove or range in pursuit or search of something; to scamper.

(n.) Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle.

埃尔罗伊校對

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Clean (by friction), make bright.[2]. Range over, brush along, pass swiftly over.[3]. Purge (violently).[4]. Rake, search closely.

v. n. Course, career, scamper, range, run swiftly.

克林顿編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Purge, cleanse, rinse, scrub

ANT:Soil, begrime, besmear, foul, pollute, {[aefile]?}, dirt

整理:萨莎

解釋/意思:

v.i. to run with swiftness: to scurry along.—v.t. to run quickly over.—n. Scour′er a footpad.

v.t. to clean by rubbing with something rough: to cleanse from grease or dirt: to remove by rubbing: to cleanse by a current: to search thoroughly by scrubbing: to cleanse by brushing: to purge drastically.—n. the action of a strong current in a narrow channel: violent purging.—ns. Scour′age refuse water after scouring; Scour′er drastic cathartic; Scour′ing in angling the freshening of angle-worms for bait by putting them in clean sand; Scour′ing-ball a ball composed of soap &c. for removing stains of grease.—n.pl. Scour′ing-drops a mixture of oil of turpentine and oil of lemon used for removing stains.—ns. Scour′ing-rush one of the horse-tails; Scour′ing-stock in woollen manufacture an apparatus in which cloths are treated to remove the oil and to cleanse them in the process of manufacture.

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