英语词汇“scrub”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

scrub

释义

verb trans

to clean (something) by hard rubbing, esp with a stiff brush

to remove (dirt, etc) by hard rubbing

to purify (a gas or vapour) using a liquid

informal to cancel or abandon (something)

Let's scrub that idea

verb intrans

(usu + up) said of a surgeon: to spend time thoroughly washing the hands and forearms before performing an operation

[prob from Dutch schrubben to rub hard or scrub]

an act of scrubbing

a gently abrasive skin cream

(in pl) sterile clothing worn by staff in an operating theatre

vegetation consisting chiefly of stunted trees or shrubs

(also in pl) an area covered with such vegetation

chiefly Aus remote countryside; the bush

chiefly NAmer a domestic animal of mixed or unknown parentage and usu inferior type

a small or stunted person or thing

chiefly NAmer

a sports player who does not have a regular team place

a team composed of such players

scrubby adj

[Middle English, in the sense ‘stunted tree’; alteration of shrub¹]

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