| 单词 | scoop |
| 释义 | scoop (once / 1213 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4v Most people think of ice cream when they think of the noun scoop, but journalists who get a story before others also get a scoop, and dog owners need to scoop up after their dogs or else they will get a ticket for littering. When a newspaper reporter gets a scoop, it means they beat every other reporter to publish an important story. Other meanings of scoop come from the shape and motion of a scoop, which is hollowed out and looks kind of like a pocket. Also, if you pick up a little dog into your arms, you might say you scooped it up. Scoop is one of many words that can be a noun and a verb, even in the same sentence: when you go to an ice cream shop you can ask your server to give you one, two, or three scoops. WORD FAMILYscoop: scooped, scoopful, scooping, scoops+/scoopful: scoopfuls USAGE EXAMPLESAnything they scoop up is spirited away to Lebanon, Jordan or Turkey. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) Along with the portable scale, he brings a mortar and pestle, and metal scoops for bulk spices. Wall Street Journal(Dec 29, 2016) When he was 4, he would scoop up pavement ants in front of his house and keep them in jars. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n the shovel or bucket of a dredge or backhoe Syn|Hyper scoop shovel shovel a hand tool for lifting loose material; consists of a curved container or scoop and a handle 2n the quantity a scoop will hold Syn|Hyper scoopful containerful the quantity that a container will hold 3n a hollow concave shape made by removing something Syn|Hyper pocket concave shape, concavity, incurvation, incurvature a shape that curves or bends inward 4n a large ladle he used a scoop to serve the ice cream Hyper ladle a spoon-shaped vessel with a long handle; frequently used to transfer liquids from one container to another 5v take out or up with or as if with a scoop 2scoop the sugar out of the container Syn|Hypo|Hyper lift out, scoop out, scoop up, take up dip scoop up by plunging one's hand or a ladle below the surface remove, take, take away, withdraw remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract n a news report that is reported first by one news organization 3he got a scoop on the bribery of city officials Syn|Hyper exclusive account, news report, report, story, write up a short account of the news n street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate 4Syn|Hyper Georgia home boy, easy lay, goop, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy, max, soap GHB, gamma hydroxybutyrate a club drug available in liquid or powder form is taken orally (frequently combined with alcohol); used to incapacitate individuals for the commission of sexual assault and rape v get the better of Syn|Hypo|Hyper best, outdo, outflank, trump outmaneuver, outmanoeuvre, outsmart defeat by more skillful maneuvering outgeneralsurpass in generalship beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
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