scramble
v
1 [Ipr, Ip] climb or crawl quickly, usu over rough ground or with difficulty; clamber 攀登; 爬
scramble up the embankment 爬上堤岸
The girl scrambled over the wall. 那個女孩兒翻過了墻.
The children scrambled out of the hollow tree. 孩子都從樹洞里爬出來了.
2 [I, Ipr, It]
~ (for sth) struggle or compete with others, esp to get sth or a share of sth 爭奪, 競爭(尤指為得到某事物)
players scrambling for possession of the ball 爭著搶球的運動員
The children scrambled for the coins. 孩子們爭奪硬幣.
They were all scrambling to get the bargains. 他們都爭先恐後搶購廉價貨.
3 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) mix (things) together in an untidy way; jumble sth up 將(東西)亂混在一起; 攪亂某事物
Who has scrambled up my sewing things? 誰把我的針線活兒弄亂了?
4 [Tn] mix the whites and yolks of (eggs) together while cooking them in a saucepan with milk and butter (用牛奶和黃油)炒(蛋).
5 [Tn] change the way (a telephone conversation, etc) sounds by altering the wave frequency, so that only sb with a special receiver can understand it 擾頻或倒頻使(電話通話等)只可由有特殊接收器的人收聽.
6 [I, Tn] (cause a military aircraft to) take off suddenly, eg to repel an enemy raid (使軍用飛機)緊急起飛. scramble, n
1 [sing] climb or walk done with difficulty or over rough ground 攀登; 爬行
a scramble over the rocks at the seashore 攀登海邊的巖石.
2 [sing] ~ (for sth) rough struggle (to get sth) 爭奪; 搶奪
There was a scramble for the best seats. 大家都在搶最好的座位.
3 [C] motor-cycle race over rough ground 摩托車越野賽.