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单词 scrab
释义

Definition of scrab in English:

scrab

verb skrɑːb
[with object]Northern Irish
  • Scratch or scrape (something)

    with the other hand I scrabbed his face
    no object figurative the police desperately scrab for leads
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I managed to scrab and kicked out, so at least one of them must have bruises or marks.
    • That poem is about picking blackberries, reaching on and on, with your hands all scrabbed.
    • She used her nails to scrab an officer.
    • She tried to grab me and was scrabbing the neck off me.
    • He yanked the girl's tie, scrabbed her face, and shoved her.
    • Rats and mice give off a strong ammonia smell and are often noisy making scrabbing noises when they are present.
noun skrɑːb
Northern Irish
  • An injury or mark caused by scratching.

    she had scrabs on her back
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His neck had "three or four scrabs on it".
    • He first blamed a cat for the scrab marks down his face.
    • The woman was not only threatened but was left with scrape and scrab marks.
    • The victim was found to have gashes and scrabs on her back.
    • She had suffered "a black eye and bruising all over my body" as well as "scrabs all over my neck".

Origin

Late 15th century: from Dutch schrabben 'to scrape'; related to scrabble and scrape.

 
 
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