scrabbling

英 [ˈskræblɪŋ]

美 [ˈskræblɪŋ]

v.  忙乱地找; 翻找; 乱抓; 乱动
scrabble的现在分词

现在分词：scrabbling　复数：scrabblings　

BNC.25274 / COCA.31581

柯林斯词典

• VERB 乱扒;乱摸;(尤指在看不见时)摸索着寻找
  If youscrabble forsomething, especially something that you cannot see, you move your hands or your feet about quickly and hurriedly in order to find it.
  1. He grabbed his jacket and scrabbled in his desk drawer for some loose change...
     他抓起夹克，然后在书桌的抽屉里乱翻了一些零钱。
  2. I hung there, scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold.
     我吊在那儿，两脚乱蹬着寻找落脚点。
  3. Scrabble aroundorscrabble aboutmeans the same asscrabble.
     scrabble around 或 scrabble about 同 scrabble
  4. Alberg scrabbled around for pen and paper...
     阿尔伯格四处翻找笔和纸。
  5. Gleb scrabbled about in the hay, pulled out a book and opened it.
     格莱布在干草中乱扒一通，翻出一本书来并把它打开。
• VERB 急于;苦求
  If you say that someoneis scrabbling todo something, you mean that they are having difficulty because they are in too much of a hurry, or because the task is almost impossible.
  1. The banks are now desperately scrabbling to recover their costs...
     那些银行正在拼命急于收回成本。
  2. The opportunity had gone. His mind scrabbled for alternatives.
     机会已经失去。他苦苦思索别的方案。
  3. Scrabble aroundmeans the same asscrabble.
     scrabble around 同 scrabble
  4. You get a six-month contract, and then you have to scrabble around for the next job.
     你签了一份 6 个月的合同，接着还得拼命找下一个工作。

双语例句

• And then loud scrabbling again as whatever was speaking apparently turned tail and returned to it's place of hiding.
  然后又是悉索声，那个说话的东西显然是转过去回到了其隐藏之处。
• Scrabbling with my feet to find a foothold.
  我用两只脚摸索着寻找一处立足点。
• When Harry knocked they heard a frantic scrabbling from inside and several booming barks.
  哈利敲门时，他们听到屋里传来一阵紧张的挣扎声和几声低沉的犬吠。
• In some places, there are just too many companies scrabbling around for talent.
  在一些地方，有太多的企业四处网罗人才。
• In early 2009, Rio Tinto was frazzled and, mid-crisis, groaning under$ 40bn of Alcan acquisition debt and scrabbling for cash.
  2009年，力拓身处危机之中，在收购加铝（alcan）带来的400亿美元债务重压下苦不堪言，急切需要现金。
• The cat was scrabbling furiously at the door.
  猫狂暴地在门上抓着。
• The 21st century is the knowledge economy age, every country is scrabbling for talents, especially the high& level creative talents.
  21世纪是知识经济的时代，世界各国都在争夺人才，尤其是高层次创新人才。
• He was scrabbling for his pen, which had got lost somewhere under the sheets of paper.
  他摸索着找他那支丢在那摞纸下面的钢笔。
• He is busy at the desk, scrabbling for application papers.
  他在书桌上翻来翻去，寻找申请书。
• Some local governments are even influenced in the coat of the "economic man", resulting in denial of acts when scrabbling for profits with people.
  有些地方政府甚至受经济人外衣的影响，产生了与民争利或执法不公的行为。