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小词详解 | scour
scour 英 [ˈskaʊə(r)] 美 [ˈskaʊər]
Fund managers scour the documents to ensure that firms’ executives are not fibbing.
基金经理们仔细翻查这些文件,来确定公司高管们所言不虚。
——《经济学人》He has his own truck now, along with six employees scouring the market for deals.
现在他有了自己的卡车,还雇了六个人在市场上四处寻觅生意。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 通过用力摩擦(某物)表面来使其清洁或光亮,通常搭配研磨料或洗涤剂
在刷这些旧锅时,服务员改变了站姿,把重心从一只脚移到另一只脚。
While scouring out those old cooking pots, the attendant shifted her stance from one foot to another.
这个电动牙刷可以温和地擦去牙菌斑而不损伤齿龈。
The electric toothbrush can gently scour off plaque without damaging the gums.
孩子们在山坡上到处寻找引火的干柴。
The children scoured over the hillside for kindling.
现正在额外抽调警察去这个地区四处搜查,以寻找失踪的孩子。
Extra police are being drafted to scour the area for the missing child.
She could hear it singing to her. She opened her arms to the fire, embraced it, let it swallow her whole, let it cleanse her and temper her and scour her clean.
它在朝自己唱歌啊,于是她伸开双臂,拥抱火焰,让它将自己完全吞噬,涤净她,锻炼她。
abrade: scrape or wear away by friction or erosion burnish: polish (something, especially metal) by rubbing scrub: rub (someone or something) hard so as to clean them, typically with a brush and water