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scour

verb
🔊/ˈskaʊə(r)/
🔊/ˈskaʊər/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scour
🔊/ˈskaʊə(r)/
🔊/ˈskaʊər/
he / she / it scours
🔊/ˈskaʊəz/
🔊/ˈskaʊərz/
past simple scoured
🔊/ˈskaʊəd/
🔊/ˈskaʊərd/
past participle scoured
🔊/ˈskaʊəd/
🔊/ˈskaʊərd/
-ing form scouring
🔊/ˈskaʊərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈskaʊərɪŋ/
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  1. to search a place or thing carefully and completely in order to find somebody/something （彻底地）搜寻，搜查，翻找synonym comb
    • scour something for somebody/something We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent.我们四处查看，想找一个搭帐篷的地方。🔊🔊
    • scour something He had been scouring the papers for weeks, looking for a job.他一直在寻找文件几周，正在寻找工作。
  2. scour something (out) to clean something by rubbing its surface hard with rough material（用粗糙的物体）擦净，擦亮
    • I had to scour out the pans.我得把这些锅擦干净。🔊🔊
  3. to make a passage, hole, or mark in the ground, rocks, etc. as the result of movement, especially over a long period冲刷成；冲刷出
    • scour something out The water had raced down the slope and scoured out the bed of a stream.水顺着山坡流下来，冲刷出一条小河道。🔊🔊
    • scour something away The rush of water had scoured away the topsoil.急流冲走了表层土壤。
    • scour something We could see where the cartwheels had scoured the ground.我们可以看到车轮在哪里擦伤了地面。
    • The water flow has scoured deep pools underneath the trees.水流冲刷了树下的深水池。
    4. Word Originsenses 2 to 3 Middle English: from Middle Dutch, Middle Low German schūren, from Old French escurer, from late Latin excurare ‘clean (off)’, from ex- ‘away’ + curare ‘to clean’.sense 1 late Middle English: related to obsolete scour ‘moving hastily’, of unknown origin.