单词	scrabble
释义	scrabblescrab‧ble /ˈskræbəl/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] Word Origin WORD ORIGINscrabble Origin: 1500-1600 Dutch schrabbelen ‘to scratch’ Verb Table VERB TABLE scrabble Simple Form Present I, you, we, they scrabble he, she, it scrabbles Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they scrabbled Present perfect I, you, we, they have scrabbled he, she, it has scrabbled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had scrabbled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will scrabble Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have scrabbled Continuous Form Present I am scrabbling he, she, it is scrabbling you, we, they are scrabbling Past I, he, she, it was scrabbling you, we, they were scrabbling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been scrabbling he, she, it has been scrabbling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been scrabbling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be scrabbling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been scrabbling Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Curious, I began scrabbling about with my foot, to see what it was. He scrabbled and flung refuse this way and that and finally he turned his eyes upward. He inserted his hands into the mud, and scrabbled. Perhaps you're less well-prepared, with fewer resources and had to scrabble around to find your college place through Clearing? She was scrabbling around, searching for the door-lock. The horse moved on to unsound ground, feeling the danger and scrabbling for a foothold. There were no masses of poor crushed together in fetid slums, scrabbling for every crust. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► around · She was scrabbling around, searching for the door-lock.· Perhaps you're less well-prepared, with fewer resources and had to scrabble around to find your college place through Clearing?· But they're gone, and you're scrabbling around for work.· But with everyone listening intently, there followed what seemed like hours of scrabbling around with my paper looking for page two.· I saw you from the doorway scrabbling around like a maniac.· Willie and Zach waited at the foot of the ladder while Sammy scrabbled around the first rung. to try to find or do something very quickly, usually by moving your hands or feet in an uncontrolled wayscrabble for He scrabbled for the light switch.scrabble around/about She was scrabbling around, searching for the door.
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