scoured

英 [ˈskaʊəd]

美 [ˈskaʊərd]

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
scour的过去分词和过去式

COCA.46175

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

adj

• worn away as by water or ice or wind
  Synonym:eroded

双语例句

• Let's slide down this grassy slope. The torrent scoured a gully down the hillside.
  咱们顺着这草坡滑下去吧。那急流顺山坡而下冲出一条水沟。
• They had scoured the intervening miles of moorland.
  他们已经仔细搜遍了其间绵延数英里的高沼地。
• And we scoured the wooded hillside until we found the perfect Christmas tree.
  我们快步来到长满树林的山坡上，找到了一棵理想的圣诞树。
• Isabella left this situation to rage, and scoured the country for troops, cannon, money, supplies.
  伊莎贝拉听任局势的发展，同时向全国招募军队，募集大炮、资金和给养。
• The torrent scoured a channel down the hillside.
  急流沿着山坡冲出了一条沟。
• Man-made fibers such as nylon and polyester are scoured with synthetic detergents containing alkali.
  人造纤维织物，例如尼龙织物和涤纶织物宜用含碱的合成洗涤剂煮练。
• British entrepreneurs scoured the old battlefields of Europe searching for phosphorus-rich bones.
  英国的企业家们涤荡了欧洲的旧战场来搜寻富含磷的骨头。
• Soil material is removed by being pushed thrown, and scoured out.
  土壤由于受到压迫，抛掷和冲刷而被搬走。
• The torrents scoured out a channel down the hill side.
  急流沿着山腰冲刷出一条水沟。
• We scoured the telephone directory for clues.
  我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。