| 单词 | scrub |
| 释义 | scrub (once / 622 pages) 1vn 2v 3n 4adj When you scrub something, you wash it forcefully. You might scrub your dirty bathtub with a brush and some bleach, for example. When you scrub your floor, you use elbow grease — in other words, you work hard to get the floor clean. You might need to scrub your fingernails after a morning working on your car's engine, rubbing with a nail brush to get the grease off. Word experts think that scrub comes from the Middle Low German word schrubben, which also means "to scrub." WORD FAMILYscrub: scrubbed, scrubber, scrubbing, scrubby, scrubs+/scrubber: scrubbers/scrubbing: scrubbings/scrubby: scrubbier, scrubbiest, scrubbily, scrubbiness USAGE EXAMPLESI use the grapefruit shower gel, and I’m obsessed with the brown sugar scrub. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) I use it to scrub the inside of the toilet. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) Cleaning consisted of applying a special solution geared to removing algae and other material, scrubbing the stones, and hosing them off. Washington Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v wash thoroughly surgeons must scrub prior to an operation Syn|Hyper scrub up lave, wash cleanse (one's body) with soap and water 2v clean with hard rubbing She scrubbed his back Syn|Hypo|Hyper scour holystone scrub with a holystone rub move over something with pressure 3n the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper scouring, scrubbing mopping, swabbing cleaning with a mop cleaning, cleansing, cleanup the act of making something clean v postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled 3we had to scrub our vacation plans Syn call off, cancel, scratch n dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes 4Syn|Hyper bush, chaparral botany, flora, vegetation all the plant life in a particular region or period adj (of domestic animals) not selectively bred Syn unimproved not made more desirable or valuable or profitable; especially not made ready for use or marketing |
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