| 释义 |
Verb: scratch skrach- Cause friction
"my sweater scratches"
- rub, fray, fret, chafe - Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of
- scrape, scratch up - Scrape or rub as if to relieve itching
"Don't scratch your insect bites!"
- rub, itch - Postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled
"scratch that meeting--the chair is ill"
- cancel, call off, scrub - Remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
"scratch that remark"
- strike, expunge, excise - Gather (money or other resources) together over time
"they scratched a meagre living"
- scrape, scrape up, come up - Carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface
"the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree"
- engrave, grave, inscribe
Noun: scratch skrach- An abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
- abrasion, scrape, excoriation - A depression scratched or carved into a surface
- incision, prick, slit, dent - Informal term for money
- boodle, bread, cabbage [US], clams [US], dinero [N. Amer], dough, gelt, kale [US], lettuce [US], lolly [Brit], lucre, loot, moolah [N. Amer], pelf [archaic], shekels, simoleons [US], sugar, wampum [N. Amer], moola [N. Amer], dosh [Brit] - A competitor who has withdrawn from competition
- A line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- start, starting line, scratch line - Dry mash for poultry
- chicken feed - A harsh noise made by scraping
- scrape, scraping, scratching - Poor handwriting
- scribble, scrawl, cacography - (golf) a handicap of zero strokes
"a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course" - An indication of damage
- scrape, scar, mark
Derived forms: scratches, scratching, scratched See also: scratch out, scratcher, scratchy Type of: accumulate, adjoin, amass, blemish, cancel, carve, challenger, chip at, collect, competition, competitor, compile, contact, contender, defect, delete, depression, hand, handicap, handwriting, hoard, impression, imprint, incise, irritate, lesion, line, mar, mash, meet, money, noise, pile up, rival, roll up, script, touch, wound Encyclopedia: Scratch |