| 单词 | scrape through |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto scrape through a. intransitive. to scrape along: to manage or ‘get along’ with difficulty. to scrape through: to get through a trial, an examination, so as just to escape failure. Also with other adverbs or adverbial phrases in similar senses, as to scrape by, home, in, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > have difficulty > act or live through difficulties scamblec1571 scramble1670 shift1723 manage1762 scrub1831 to struggle on1837 scratch1838 widdle1844 to worry along1871 to scrape along1884 to get by1908 scuffle1939 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel in specific course or direction > direct (one's course, steps, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > pass along outskirts of coastc1400 trend1580 banka1616 skirt1735 to scrape along1884 outskirt1898 society > education > educational administration > examination > examine a candidate [verb (transitive)] > pass an examination pass1536 to scrape through1907 1884 W. Cudworth Yorks. Dial. Sketches 33 in Eng. Dial. Dict. Boath him an' his father hed scraped along withaht wommanly help. 1905 H. A. Vachell Hill iii. 51 We must mug up our ‘cons’ well enough to scrape along without ‘puns’ and extra school. 1907 E. Glyn Three Weeks i. 6 He scraped through his ‘Smalls’ and his ‘Mods’. 1927 Observer 18 Sept. 17/3 Mr. Blythe, who at the last election scraped home in Monaghan. 1928 Sunday Express 1 July 20/6 Smith fought out a grim battle with characteristic Scottish grit, but the little Sheffielder just scraped home. 1951 Sport 6 Apr. 17/2 The Airmen just scraped through with a 3–2 win. 1958 Times 16 Dec. 4/4 (heading) Chigwell scrape home. 1958 N.Z. Listener 23 May 6/4 We scraped in in that game, only because Elvidge scored his usual try... Otherwise, we were gone a million. 1966 Listener 1 Dec. 829/1 Osbert Lancaster..depends on words rather than drawing, understandably since his drawing..only just scrapes by. 1973 M. Woodhouse Blue Bone iv. 35 The family didn't get on with the Germans and they only just barely scraped by with the Communists. 1978 ‘M. M. Kaye’ Far Pavilions vii. 114 As long as he can shoot and ride, I suppose he'll scrape past. to scrape (a person) through b. transitive (causatively.) to scrape (a person) through: barely to enable him to get through. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > examination > examine a candidate [verb (transitive)] > pass an examination > enable to pass scrape1897 1897 C. M. Flandrau Harvard Episodes 243 A futile effort to scrape Billy through an examination. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 7 July 7/2 The..tests of fitness for promotion,..for which officers cram up a little theoretical knowledge, just sufficient to scrape them through. < as lemmas |
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