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scrawl

verb
🔊/skrɔːl/
🔊/skrɔːl/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scrawl
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he / she / it scrawls
🔊/skrɔːlz/
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past simple scrawled
🔊/skrɔːld/
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past participle scrawled
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-ing form scrawling
🔊/ˈskrɔːlɪŋ/
🔊/ˈskrɔːlɪŋ/
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  1. to write something in a careless untidy way, making it difficult to read马马虎虎（或潦草）地写 synonym scribble
    • scrawl something (across/in/on/over something) I tried to read his directions, scrawled on a piece of paper.我努力想弄明白他草草写在一片纸上的指示。🔊🔊
    • scrawl across/in/on/over something Someone had scrawled all over my notes.不知谁在我笔记上胡写乱画，弄得一塌糊涂。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The official scrawled his signature at the bottom of the form.该官员在表格底部草签了他的签名。
    • There was a message scrawled on the board.黑板上有一条消息。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryScrawl is used with these nouns as the object:
    • graffiti
    • signature
    • word
    • …
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: apparently an alteration of the verb crawl, perhaps influenced by obsolete scrawl ‘sprawl’.

scrawl

noun
🔊/skrɔːl/
🔊/skrɔːl/
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  1. a careless untidy way of writing; something written in this way不工整的字迹；潦草的笔迹；不工整的文字 synonym scribble
    • Her signature was an illegible scrawl.她的签名潦草难辨。🔊🔊
    • I can't be expected to read this scrawl!这种潦潦草草的东西我能看懂吗！🔊🔊
    • The paper was covered in scrawls.满篇皆是潦草的文字。🔊🔊
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: apparently an alteration of the verb crawl, perhaps influenced by obsolete scrawl ‘sprawl’.