scour

英 [ˈskaʊə(r)]

美 [ˈskaʊər]

v.  (彻底地)搜寻，搜查，翻找; (用粗糙的物体)擦净，擦亮; 冲刷成; 冲刷出

现在分词：scouring　过去式：scoured　过去分词：scoured　第三人称单数：scours　

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牛津词典

verb

• （彻底地）搜寻，搜查，翻找
  to search a place or thing thoroughly in order to find sb/sth
  1. We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent.
     我们四处查看，想找一个搭帐篷的地方。
• （用粗糙的物体）擦净，擦亮
  to clean sth by rubbing its surface hard with rough material
  1. I had to scour out the pans.
     我得把这些锅擦干净。
• 冲刷成；冲刷出
  to make a passage, hole, or mark in the ground, rocks, etc. as the result of movement, especially over a long period
  1. The water had raced down the slope and scoured out the bed of a stream.
     水顺着山坡流下来，冲刷出一条小河道。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 四处搜索;细查
  If youscoursomething such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for.
  1. Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles...
     救援人员已经搜遍了30平方英里的范围。
  2. We scoured the telephone directory for clues.
     我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。
• VERB 擦净;擦亮
  If youscoursomething such as a sink, floor, or pan, you clean its surface by rubbing it hard with something rough.
  1. He decided to scour the sink.
     他决定把水池擦干净。

英英释义

noun

• a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

verb

• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
  1. flush the wound with antibiotics
  2. purge the old gas tank
  Synonym:flushpurge
• clean with hard rubbing
  1. She scrubbed his back
  Synonym:scrub
• rub hard or scrub
  1. scour the counter tops
  Synonym:abrade
• examine minutely
  1. The police scoured the country for the fugitive

双语例句

• Cleanness uses clear water or neuter scour please, use cloth wipe up finally, lest the ground slips.
  清洁请用清水或中性洗涤剂，最后用布擦干净，以免地滑。
• He decided to scour the sink.
  他决定把水池擦干净。
• Local scour on the head of a spur dike is disadvantageous to the structures.
  丁坝坝头的局部冲刷对丁坝的整治效果产生不利影响。
• If smear is too heavy, usable scour efface, again dry finally brush.
  假如污迹太重，可用洗涤剂抹去，最后再干擦一遍。
• Local scour depth around bridge pier is a very important parameter in design of sea-crossing bridge base.
  桥墩周围局部冲刷深度是跨海大桥基础设计的重要参数。
• Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles
  救援人员已经搜遍了30平方英里的范围。
• Experiment study on the influence of local scour pit on flow field around piers
  局部冲刷坑形成影响桥墩附近流场特性的试验研究
• As I scour todays management literature, Im struck by how much of it relates to personal productivity.
  当我搜索今天的时间管理类文献，我陷入思考：时间管理和个人的生产力水平有多大关系。
• The paper calculates the volume of scour and fill of the Inner Mongolia section of the Yellow River respectively through the observed data of cross sections, coming sediment and variations of water level with same discharge and the results are basically the same.
  摘要通过实测断面资料、来沙量资料和同流量水位的变化等，对黄河内蒙古河段的冲淤量分别进行了估算，其结果基本一致。
• We scoured the telephone directory for clues.
  我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。