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scrounge

verb
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[transitive, intransitive] (informal, disapproving)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scrounge
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he / she / it scrounges
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past simple scrounged
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past participle scrounged
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-ing form scrounging
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  1. to get something from somebody by asking them for it rather than by paying or working for it白要；白拿 synonym cadge
    • scrounge something off somebody He's always scrounging free meals off us.他老来我们家蹭饭吃。🔊🔊
    • scrounge something from somebody Can I scrounge a cigarette from you?我可以从你那里抽烟吗？
    • scrounge something He dropped in yet again to scrounge a meal.他又去吃了一顿饭。
    • scrounge off/from somebody I don’t want to spend the rest of my life scrounging off other people.我不想在余生中与其他人相处。
    • scrounge (for something) What is she scrounging for this time?这次她又来要什么？🔊🔊
    • You're always scrounging.我会亲自彻查你的所有开销！
    Extra Examples
    • I managed to scrounge some food off an old lady.我设法从老太太那里买些食物。
    • street children scrounging for food街头儿童忙于寻找食物
    • Hello, I've come to scrounge some coffee.你好，我来喝杯咖啡。
    Word Originearly 20th cent.: variant of dialect scrunge ‘steal’.

scrounge

noun
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Idioms
on the scrounge
  1. (British English, informal, disapproving) trying to get something by persuading somebody to give it to you讨要；索要
    • That brother of yours is always on the scrounge.你的那个兄弟总是在严厉。