scrape
v
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(a) [Tn, Tn.p, Cn.a]
~ sth (down/out/off) make (a surface, etc) clean, level or smooth by drawing a sharp tool or sth rough across it 擦凈, 削平, 磨光(某物)
scrape the floor with a stiff brush 用硬毛刷子刷地板
scrape out a sticky saucepan 把鍋垢刮掉
scrape the walls clean 把墻擦乾凈
She is scraping the path clear of snow. 她正在把路上的積雪鏟掉.
(b) [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth from/off sth; ~ sth away/off remove (mud, grease, paint, etc) in this way 除掉(泥、 油漬、 油漆等)
scrape the rust off (sth) 把 刮掉
scrape paint from a door 鏟掉門(mén)上的油漆.
2
(a) [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (against/on/along/sth) injure or damage sth by rubbing with sth rough, sharp, etc 擦傷或刮壞某物
I fell and scraped my knee. 我跌倒時(shí)擦傷了膝蓋.
I scraped the side of my car against a wall. 我的汽車(chē)車(chē)身蹭墻劃壞了.
(b) [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth from/off sth; ~ sth away/off remove (skin, paint, etc) accidentally in this way 擦傷, 刮壞(皮膚、 油漆等)
She's scraped the skin off her elbow. 她把胳膊肘的皮膚擦破了.
I must have scraped some of the paint off when I was parking the car. 我準(zhǔn)是停放汽車(chē)的時(shí)候刮掉了一些油漆.
3 [Ipr, Tn.pr]
~ (sth) against/along/on sth (cause sth to) rub against sth (使某物)擦著某物
Bushes scraped against the car windows. 矮小的樹(shù)擦著了汽車(chē)的窗戶(hù).
The ship's hull scraped along the side of the dock. 船行時(shí)船身擦著碼頭的邊.
Don't scrape your feet on the floor. 別用腳蹭著地板.
4 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (out) make sth by scraping 刮成或挖成某物
scrape a hole (out) in the soil for planting 挖個(gè)土坑栽種.
5 (idm 習(xí)語(yǔ)) bow and scrape => bow2. pinch and save/scrape => pinch. scrape (up) an ac`quaintance with sb (infml 口) get to know sb not very well andwith difficulty 挖空心思與某人結(jié)識(shí)
I slowly scraped (up) an acquaintance with my neighbours. 我慢慢設(shè)法認(rèn)識(shí)了鄰居. scrape (the bottom of) the `barrel use the least satisfactory items or people available 勉強(qiáng)使用現(xiàn)有的物品或人
We had to scrape the barrel to get a full team, and then we lost 6-1. 我們勉強(qiáng)湊成一個(gè)隊(duì), 結(jié)果以6比1輸了. scrape a `living earn with difficulty just enough to live on 勉強(qiáng)維持生活
I manage to scrape a living by selling my pictures. 我靠賣(mài)畫(huà) 口.
6 (phr v) scrape along/by (on sth) manage to live with difficulty 勉強(qiáng)活下去
I can just scrape along on what my parents give me. 我靠父母扶養(yǎng)勉強(qiáng)過(guò)活. scrape in; scrape into sth get in/into (eg a job or a school) with difficulty 勉強(qiáng)獲得(工作); 勉強(qiáng)進(jìn)入(學(xué)校)
She just scraped into university with the minimum qualifications. 她剛剛及格, 勉強(qiáng)進(jìn)了大學(xué). scrape through (sth) succeed with difficulty in doing sth, esp in passing an exam 勉強(qiáng)做成某事物; (尤指)勉強(qiáng)及格
She only just scraped through the test. 她測(cè)驗(yàn)勉強(qiáng)及格. scrape sth together/up obtain sth with difficulty, or by being careful 費(fèi)力地或小心翼翼地獲得某事物
We scraped together an audience of fifty for the play. 我們張羅來(lái)五十個(gè)觀眾看這出戲.
Can you scrape up enough money for a holiday? 你能湊夠了錢(qián)去度假嗎?