scrub

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n. 用力擦洗, 矮树, 矮人, 渺小之物 vt. 用力擦洗, 擦掉, 摩擦 vi. 擦洗干净, 进行手臂消毒 a. 次等的, 矮小的, 非正规球队的, 临时凑合的

发音

/skɹʌb/
IE /skɹʊb/
其它 /skɹʊb/

词形变化

scrubs 复数 scrubbed scrubbing scrubs 三单 scrubbing 现在分词 scrubbed 过去式 scrubbed 过去分词 more scrub 比较级 most scrub 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

用力擦洗;使净化

动词

擦洗;进行手臂消毒

形容词

矮小的;临时凑合的;次等的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A thicket or jungle, often specified by the name of the prevailing plant.

    不可数 可数

    oak scrub

  2. 2.

    Vegetation judged to be of inferior quality or of little use to humans, though sometimes thick and impenetrable, growing in poor soil or in sand; also, brush.

    不可数 可数
  3. 3.

    One of the common livestock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, especially when inferior in size, etc.; particularly a male animal poorly suited for breeding.

    美国 可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    One who labors hard and lives meanly.

    可数 贬义 不可数

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London I daresay we can find one of those devoted, hard-working little scrubs who are glad to come for nothing and live on the table leavings.

  5. 5.

    One who is incompetent or unable to complete easy tasks.

    可数 贬义 俚语 不可数

    Wow, she really scored 0? What a scrub!

    A scrub is a guy that thinks he's fly And is also known as a buster Always talkin' about what he wants And just sits on his broke ass […]

  6. 6.

    One not on the first team of players; a substitute.

    可数 俚语 体育 不可数
  7. 7.

    A player who whines when outmatched by other players, sometimes by blaming the game mechanics or even accusing the other players of cheating.

    可数 贬义 俚语 游戏 不可数
  8. 1.

    That which scrubs.

  9. 2.

    An instance of scrubbing.

  10. 3.

    A cancellation.

  11. 4.

    A worn-out brush.

  12. 5.

    One who scrubs.

  13. 6.

    That which scrubs.

    An exfoliant for the body.

  14. 7.

    Clothing worn while performing surgery.

    医学 复数形式
  15. 8.

    Any medical uniform consisting of a short-sleeved shirt and pants (trousers).

    引申义 复数形式
  16. 9.

    Informal attire or dress code; morning dress

    废旧 俚语
v.
  1. 1.

    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

    擦洗

    及物

    to scrub a floor

    to scrub your fingernails

  2. 2.

    To rub anything hard, especially with a wet brush; to scour

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To be diligent and penurious

    比喻 不及物

    to scrub hard for a living

  4. 4.

    To eliminate or to correct data from a set of records to bring it inline with other similar datasets

    及物 计算机 工程 数学

    The street segment data from the National Post Office will need to be scrubbed before it can be integrated into our system.

  5. 5.

    To move a recording tape back and forth with a scrubbing motion to produce a scratching sound, or to do so by a similar use of a control on an editing system.

    媒体
  6. 6.

    To call off a scheduled event; to cancel.

    及物

    Engineers had to scrub the satellite launch due to bad weather.

  7. 7.

    To maneuver the play position on a media editing system by using a scroll bar or touch-based interface.

    媒体
adj.
  1. 1.

    Mean; dirty; contemptible; scrubby.

    废旧

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词源

Late Middle English in the sense of "stunted tree," a variant of shrub, possibly under Old Norse influence.

来源:wiktionary