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scrap

noun
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  1. [countable] a small piece of something, especially paper, cloth, etc.碎片，小块（纸、布匹等）
    • She scribbled his phone number on a scrap of paper.她把他的电话号码匆匆写在一张小纸片上。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) scraps of information零星消息
    • (figurative) She was just a scrap of a thing (= small and thin).她是个不起眼的小东西。🔊🔊
    • Some of the women were wearing scraps of cloth in their hair.一些女人的头发上戴着一块碎布。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • small
    • tiny
    • …
    preposition
    • scrap of
    phrases
    • every last scrap
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  2. [singular] (usually with a negative通常与否定式连用) a small amount of something丝毫；一丁点 synonym bit
    • It won't make a scrap of difference.这不会有丝毫的差别。🔊🔊
    • There's not a scrap of evidence to support his claim.没有丝毫证据支持他的说法。🔊🔊
    • a barren landscape without a scrap of vegetation寸草不生的贫瘠地带
    • He ate every last scrap of the food.他把食物吃得干干净净的。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • small
    • tiny
    • …
    preposition
    • scrap of
    phrases
    • every last scrap
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  3. scraps
     [plural] food left after a meal残羹剩饭
    • Give the scraps to the dog.把剩菜喂狗吧。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The pigs are fed on food scraps.这些猪喂的是残羹剩饭。
    • He removed the last scraps of food from his plate.他清理掉盘子里最后一点儿食物。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • little
    • small
    • tiny
    • …
    preposition
    • scrap of
    phrases
    • every last scrap
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  4. [uncountable] things that are not wanted or cannot be used for their original purpose, but which have some value for the material they are made of废料；废品
    • for scrap We sold the car for scrap (= so that any good parts can be used again).我们把车当废品卖了。🔊🔊
    • scrap metal废金属
    • a scrap dealer (= a person who buys and sells scrap)废品商人
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    • The scrap value of the car is around $200.这辆车的报废价值约为 200 美元。
    • I got the doors from a scrap merchant.我从一家废料商人那里得到了门。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionary… of scrap
    • piece
    verb + scrap
    • sell something as
    • sell something for
    scrap + noun
    • iron
    • material
    • metal
    • …
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  5. [countable] (informal) a short fight or argument 打架；争吵synonym squabble, scuffle
    • He was always getting into scraps at school.他在学校老跟人打架。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He had a bit of a scrap with the boy next door.他和隔壁的男孩有点儿争执。
    • He looks like he's been in a scrap.他看上去好像跟人打过架。
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + scrap
    • get into
    • have
    preposition
    • in a/​the scrap
    • scrap with
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    6. see also scrappy
    Word Originnoun senses 1 to 4 late Middle English (as a plural noun denoting fragments of uneaten food): from Old Norse skrap ‘scraps’; related to skrapa ‘to scrape’. The verb dates from the late 19th cent. noun sense 5 late 17th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘sinister plot, scheme’): perhaps from the noun scrape.

scrap

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scrap
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he / she / it scraps
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past simple scrapped
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past participle scrapped
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-ing form scrapping
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  1. [transitive, often passive] scrap something to cancel or get rid of something that is no longer practical or useful废弃；取消；抛弃；报废
    • They had been forced to scrap plans for a new school building.他们已被迫撤销了建筑新校舍的计划。🔊🔊
    • The oldest of the aircraft were scrapped.最老的飞机报废了。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • Around 40 managerial positions are to be scrapped in a major shake-up of the company.在公司的重大改组中，将废弃约40个管理职位。
    • The worst cars in the fleet were scrapped first.车队中最差的汽车首先报废了。
  2. [intransitive] (informal) to fight with somebody打架
    • The bigger boys started scrapping.年龄较大的男孩打了起来。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originverb sense 1 late Middle English (as a plural noun denoting fragments of uneaten food): from Old Norse skrap ‘scraps’; related to skrapa ‘to scrape’. The verb dates from the late 19th cent. verb sense 2 late 17th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘sinister plot, scheme’): perhaps from the noun scrape.