scrounge

英 [skraʊndʒ]

美 [skraʊndʒ]

v.  白要; 白拿

过去式：scrounged　过去分词：scrounged　第三人称单数：scrounges　复数：scrounges　现在分词：scrounging　

TEM8

BNC.23957 / COCA.19582

习惯用语

n.

on the scrounge
• 讨要；索要
  trying to get sth by persuading sb to give it to you

牛津词典

verb

• 白要；白拿
  to get sth from sb by asking them for it rather than by paying for it
  1. He's always scrounging free meals off us.
     他老来我们家蹭饭吃。
  2. What is she scrounging for this time?
     这次她又来要什么？

noun

noun

柯林斯词典

• VERB 乞讨;索要
  If you say that someonescroungessomething such as food or money, you disapprove of them because they get it by asking for it, rather than by buying it or earning it.
  1. Williams had to scrounge enough money to get his car out of the car park...
     威廉斯不得不讨来足够的钱把车开出停车场。
  2. The government did not give them money, forcing them to scrounge for food.
     政府没有给他们钱，他们只能去要饭。

英英释义

verb

• collect or look around for (food)
  Synonym:forage
• obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
  1. he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends
  Synonym:schnorrshnorrcadge

双语例句

• The station director had to scrounge some records.
  这样，电台台长就不得不四处寻找唱片来播出。
• Could you scrounge me uPA bucket?
  你能帮我找个桶来么？
• The government did not give them money, forcing them to scrounge for food.
  政府没有给他们钱，他们只能去要饭。
• Not the homeless who scrounge for bits of metal.
  可不是那些捡拾废弃金属的无家可归者。
• Sure, you can likely scrounge together some visits and show some growth but you won't build direct traffic or a direct audience through it.
  当然你可以四处搜寻访客，访客也因此得到增加，但是由此不会形成直接的访问流量，也不会形成固定的访客群。
• A handful of displaced residents were allowed in to scrounge through rubble for their belongings.
  少数已迁移的居民被允许进入，到废墟中搜寻他们的财物。
• I managed to scrounge the materials to build a shed.
  我设法弄来点材料搭个棚子。
• Maybe you scrounge through the hamper to find a shirt that's not too wrinkled and you slide into your chair just as the clock strikes eight.
  也许，你会从一堆衣服里找一件不算太皱的衬衫，刚好在早晨八点钟敲响时，屁股坐到位子上。
• He was sleeping under old houses and eating what little he could scrounge.
  他睡在破旧屋檐下，吃着乞讨来的那一丁点东西。
• Can I scrounge a bandage from your aid kit, sir?
  我可以从你医药箱里借条绷带吗，长官？