单词 | scrounge |
释义 | scrounge (once / 28619 pages) v WORD FAMILY scrounge: scrounged, scrounger, scrounges, scrounging+/scrounger: scroungers USAGE EXAMPLESOn the morning of his crossing, using money pooled from his traveling companions, Haile left the hotel to scrounge for supplies. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) She wound up on her own scrounging for food, sometimes finding strangers to travel with from place to place. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) Despite severe food shortages, they scrounged up extra ration cards and provisions. Washington Post(Dec 20, 2016) 1v obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling Syn|Hyper cadge, schnorr, shnorr beg ask to obtain free 2v collect or look around for (food) Syn|Hypo|Hyper forage rustle forage food hunt, hunt down, run, track down pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) |
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