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单词 offscouring
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offscouring

/ˈɒfˌskaʊərɪŋ/
noun
1In biblical use, and allusions to this: a group of people despised and cast aside like rubbish; scum, riff-raff. Occasionally in singular: a worthless or contemptible person.
  • In the Bible verses Lamentations iii. 45 and 1 Corinthians iv. 13, and in writers following or echoing these, treated as a collective singular..
2Filth or defilement cleaned off and thrown away; refuse, rubbish, dregs.
  • Almost always in plural; compare sweepings..

Origin

Early 16th century; earliest use found in The New Testament. From off- + scouring.

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