单词 | scoop |
释义 | noun | verb scoopscoop1 /skup/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 a round deep spoon used for holding or serving food such as flour, sugar, or ice cream: an ice cream scoop2 (also scoopful) an amount of food served with this kind of spoon: scoop of a big scoop of mashed potatoes3an important or exciting news story that is printed in one newspaper or shown on one television station before any of the others know about it: All the reporters were looking for a scoop.4the scoop informal news or new information about something: scoop on the scoop on the best sales Jones got the inside scoop on the band.what’s the scoop? (=used to ask someone for information or news about something) [Origin: 1300–1400 Middle Dutch schope] noun | verb scoopscoop2 ●○○ verb [transitive] 1to pick something up with a scoop, a spoon, or with your curved hand: scoop something up/out/off etc. Cut the melon in half and scoop out the seeds.2to be the first newspaper to print an important news report: Charlie loved to scoop the competition.scoop something ↔ up phrasal verb if a lot of people scoop something up, they buy it quickly so that soon there is none left |
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