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scribble

verb
🔊/ˈskrɪbl/
🔊/ˈskrɪbl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scribble
🔊/ˈskrɪbl/
🔊/ˈskrɪbl/
he / she / it scribbles
🔊/ˈskrɪblz/
🔊/ˈskrɪblz/
past simple scribbled
🔊/ˈskrɪbld/
🔊/ˈskrɪbld/
past participle scribbled
🔊/ˈskrɪbld/
🔊/ˈskrɪbld/
-ing form scribbling
🔊/ˈskrɪblɪŋ/
🔊/ˈskrɪblɪŋ/
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to write something quickly and carelessly, especially because you do not have much time草草记下，匆匆书写（尤指因时间仓促） synonym scrawl
    • scribble something He scribbled a note to his sister before leaving.临行前，他给妹妹草草写了一封短信。🔊🔊
    • There was a scribbled message on the back of the ticket.车票的背面有一个乱七八糟的信息。
    • scribble something down She scribbled down her phone number and pushed it into his hand.她匆匆写下自己的电话号码，塞进他手里。🔊🔊
    • scribble (away) Throughout the interview the journalists scribbled away furiously.在整个采访过程中，记者忙不迭地记个不停。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • She hastily scribbled out a note.她匆忙写了个便条。
    • The students were all scribbling away furiously.学生们都在飞快地写个不停。
    Topics Literature and writingc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • furiously
    • hastily
    • hurriedly
    • …
    See full entry
  2. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to draw marks that do not mean anything胡写；乱画
    • Someone had scribbled all over the table in crayon.不知谁用蜡笔胡写乱画，桌面上都涂满了。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin scribillare, diminutive of Latin scribere ‘write’.

scribble

noun
🔊/ˈskrɪbl/
🔊/ˈskrɪbl/
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  1. [uncountable, singular] careless and untidy writing潦草的文字 synonym scrawl
    • How do you expect me to read this scribble?这种写得歪歪扭扭的东西，让我怎么看？🔊🔊
  2. [countable, usually plural] marks or pictures that seem to have no meaning胡写乱画的东西 synonym scrawl
    • The page was covered with a mass of scribbles.那页纸上净是胡写乱画的东西。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin scribillare, diminutive of Latin scribere ‘write’.