| 单词 | scratch |
| 释义 | scratch (once / 387 pages) 1vn 2v 3vn 4vn 5n 6n 7n I didn’t remember to bring my puppy, Fido, in from the snow until he began to frantically scratch at the door. A scratch is marking or marring a surface with something sharp, such as a nail against metal or fingernails across skin. If someone has scratch marks on their skin, you might wonder if they have been in a fight where there was scratching. Scratch can also mean to eliminate something, as in, “You can scratch our idea, the boss is going with the new guy’s plan.” And Scratch, often referred to as Old Scratch, is a longstanding nickname of the Devil. WORD FAMILYscratch: scratched, scratcher, scratches, scratchy+/scratcher: scratchers/scratchy: scratchily, scratchiness USAGE EXAMPLESI poured lots of time and money into getting a PhD, in hopes that academia might scratch that itch. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The Texans scratched four starters before kickoff, but Murray didn’t find much room to run. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) “You start from scratch and say, ‘All right, it’s 2017, let’s see what happens.’ Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1v cut the surface of; wear away the surface of Syn|Hypo|Hyper scrape, scratch up claw scratch, scrape, pull, or dig with claws or nails scuffmar by scuffing clapperclawclaw with the nails incise make an incision into by carving or cutting 2v carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree Syn|Hypo|Hyper engrave, grave, inscribe engrave, etch carve or cut a design or letters into character engrave or inscribe characters on carve, chip at engrave or cut by chipping away at a surface 3n a depression scratched or carved into a surface Syn|Hypo|Hyper dent, incision, prick, slit score, scotch a slight surface cut (especially a notch that is made to keep a tally) depression, impression, imprint a concavity in a surface produced by pressing 4n an indication of damage Syn|Hyper mark, scar, scrape blemish, defect, mar a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) 5n an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off Syn|Hypo|Hyper abrasion, excoriation, scrape graze a superficial abrasion rope burnabrasion (usually on the hands) caused by friction from a rope lesion, wound an injury to living tissue (especially an injury involving a cut or break in the skin) 6n a harsh noise made by scraping Syn|Hyper scrape, scraping, scratching noise sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound) 7n a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game 2Syn|Hyper scratch line, start, starting line line in games or sports; a mark indicating positions or bounds of the playing area 1v scrape or rub as if to relieve itching Don't scratch your insect bites! Syn|Hyper itch, rub irritate excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame 2v cause friction 3my sweater scratches Syn|Hyper chafe, fray, fret, rub adjoin, contact, meet, touch be in direct physical contact with; make contact 1v postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled scratch that meeting--the chair is ill Syn call off, cancel, scrub 2v remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line scratch that remark Syn|Hyper excise, expunge, strike cancel, delete remove or make invisible 3n a competitor who has withdrawn from competition 4Hyper challenger, competition, competitor, contender, rival the contestant you hope to defeat 1v gather (money or other resources) together over time they scratched a meager living Syn|Hypo|Hyper come up, scrape, scrape up nickel-and-dime accumulate gradually accumulate, amass, collect, compile, hoard, pile up, roll up get or gather together 2n informal terms for money 5Syn|Hyper boodle, bread, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum money the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender n dry mash for poultry 6Syn|Hyper chicken feed mash mixture of ground animal feeds n poor handwriting 7Syn|Hypo|Hyper cacography, scrawl, scribble chicken scratch cramped or illegible handwriting squigglean illegible scrawl hand, handwriting, script something written by hand n (golf) a handicap of zero strokes a golfer who plays at scratch should be able to achieve par on a course Hyper handicap advantage given to a competitor to equalize chances of winning |
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