scour是什么意思,scour怎么用
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📰 外刊例句
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》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] clean or brighten the surface of (something) by rubbing it hard, typically with an abrasive or detergent
[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
💡 深入解读
Scour 是一个只比熟词 sour (酸的、有酸味的)多了一个字母 c 的单词。该词源自拉丁语excurare(清理、除掉),13世纪经中古荷兰语scuren, schuren(擦亮、清洁)以及古法语escurer进入英语,即用来表示“擦净、擦亮”,多指用粗糙的物体搭配研磨料或洗涤剂使劲摩擦来清洁或光亮某物的表面,常用搭配scour sth (out),
比如:
While scouring out those old cooking pots, the attendant shifted her stance from one foot to another.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。
The electric toothbrush can gently scour off plaque without damaging the gums.从这个概念出发,既可以用来指使用研磨料或洗涤剂“擦掉、刷掉”污垢等不想要的物质,比如:这个电动牙刷可以温和地擦去牙菌斑而不损伤齿龈。
scour sth (from/out of sth)也可以进一步引申表示“冲刷成、冲刷出”,主要指水或水流通过在某物上强力流动并清除土壤或岩石而形成水道或水池,常用搭配scour sth (away/out)以及
When I got near the wreck, I found that the tide had scoured out a pool.,比如:当我靠近遇难船只时,发现潮水冲出了一个水池。
此外, scour 同小站之前推送过的lumber
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forge等一样,也是个同形异义词,还有一个词源不详可能是源于古北欧语skyra(匆忙行事)的含义指“搜寻、搜查、翻找”,作不及物动词时多指在搜索追捕时迅速穿行、急促回来,
比如:
The children scoured over the hillside for kindling.孩子们在山坡上到处寻找引火的干柴。
而作及物动词时,则较为狭义地表示对某个地方、文本等进行彻底搜索或细查,以定位某个必须找到的东西,常用搭配
scour sth (for sb/sth)
Extra police are being drafted to scour the area for the missing child.,比如: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。
📚 名著用例
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。
— 出自《美国作家乔治·R·R·马丁所著的史诗奇幻小说系列《冰与火之歌》( A Song of Ice and Fire )。》
🔍 同近义词
- 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 wi

