英语词汇“to scrape the barrel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

d. In figurative phrase to scrape (the bottom of) the barrel (or bucket): to collect with difficulty something inferior; to obtain something (as by necessity) from a poor source. slang (originally U.S.).

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the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (intransitive)] > with effort or out of desperation

to scrape (the bottom of) the barrel (or bucket)1942

1942 Time 12 Jan. 57/1 The medical profession..[is] closer to scraping the bottom of the bucket..than any other occupation, trade or profession.

1955 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 30 Oct. 1/1 It was built in the spring of 1864, when the Confederacy was scraping the bottom of its barrel of men and resources.

1957 Ess. in Crit. 7 342 I was scraping the barrel for evidence.

1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze viii. 203 The insistence of the Americans that the Casablanca assault should be much the strongest..meant scraping the bottom of the barrel to find extra ships, craft and crews.

1970 Times 5 Nov. 14/4 Professor Barlow explains how necessary it is to ‘scrape the barrel’ for even the most minor scraps of information.

1981 Times 18 Aug. 1/3 We shall have to pay something. I hope to be able to scrape the barrel and come up with something.

单词	to scrape the barrel
释义	> as lemmas to scrape (the bottom of) the barrel (or bucket) d. In figurative phrase to scrape (the bottom of) the barrel (or bucket): to collect with difficulty something inferior; to obtain something (as by necessity) from a poor source. slang (originally U.S.). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > obtain or acquire [verb (intransitive)] > with effort or out of desperation to scrape (the bottom of) the barrel (or bucket)1942 1942 Time 12 Jan. 57/1 The medical profession..[is] closer to scraping the bottom of the bucket..than any other occupation, trade or profession. 1955 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 30 Oct. 1/1 It was built in the spring of 1864, when the Confederacy was scraping the bottom of its barrel of men and resources. 1957 Ess. in Crit. 7 342 I was scraping the barrel for evidence. 1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze viii. 203 The insistence of the Americans that the Casablanca assault should be much the strongest..meant scraping the bottom of the barrel to find extra ships, craft and crews. 1970 Times 5 Nov. 14/4 Professor Barlow explains how necessary it is to ‘scrape the barrel’ for even the most minor scraps of information. 1981 Times 18 Aug. 1/3 We shall have to pay something. I hope to be able to scrape the barrel and come up with something. extracted from scrapev. < as lemmas
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