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scrub

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they scrub
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he / she / it scrubs
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past simple scrubbed
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past participle scrubbed
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-ing form scrubbing
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Phrasal Verbs
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  1. [transitive, intransitive] to clean something by rubbing it hard, especially with a brush and usually with soap and water擦洗；刷洗
    • scrub something/yourself I found him in the kitchen, scrubbing the floor.我发现他在厨房擦地板。🔊🔊
    • He stepped into the shower and scrubbed himself all over.他走进淋浴间，全身擦洗。
    • scrub something/yourself down She scrubbed the counters down with bleach.她用漂白剂把柜台擦洗干净。🔊🔊
    • scrub at something The woman scrubbed at her face with a tissue.那女人用纸巾擦脸。🔊🔊
    • scrub something/yourself + adj. Scrub the vegetables clean.把蔬菜刷洗干净。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He scrubbed the mud from his shoes.他擦洗了鞋子上的泥土。
    • The table had been scrubbed clean.桌子已经擦干净了。
    • his freshly scrubbed face他刚刚洗过的脸
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • furiously
    • vigorously
    • thoroughly
    • …
    preposition
    • at
    • from
    • off
    • …
    phrases
    • freshly scrubbed
    • scrub something clean
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  2. [transitive] scrub something (informal) to cancel something that you have arranged to do取消（原有安排）
    3. Word Originverb late 16th cent.: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schrobben, schrubben.

scrub

noun
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  1. [singular] an act of scrubbing something擦洗；刷洗
    • I've given the floor a good scrub.我把地板彻底擦洗了一遍。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • good
    verb + scrub
    • give somebody/​something
    scrub + noun
    • brush
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  2. [uncountable] small bushes and trees灌木丛；矮树丛
    • The vegetation consisted of low scrub.植被由低矮的灌木丛组成。
    • The bird disappeared into the scrub.鸟消失在矮树丛中。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The horses stood near a patch of scrub.那些马站在一小片灌木丛附近。
    • The mountain was covered in scrub.山上长满了矮树丛。
    Topics Plants and treesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • desert
    • low
    • dense
    • …
    … of scrub
    • patch
    verb + scrub
    • be covered in
    • be overgrown with
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  3. (also scrubland)
     [uncountable] an area of dry land covered with small bushes and trees硬叶灌丛带；低矮灌木丛林地
    • miles of desert scrub绵延数英里的沙漠灌木丛
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • desert
    • low
    • dense
    • …
    … of scrub
    • patch
    verb + scrub
    • be covered in
    • be overgrown with
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  4. scrubs
     [plural] (specialist) the special clothes worn by surgeons when they are doing medical operations手术衣
    Wordfinder
    Topics Medicinec2
    5. Word Originnoun sense 1 and noun sense 4 late 16th cent.: probably from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schrobben, schrubben. noun senses 2 to 3 late Middle English (in the sense ‘stunted tree’): variant of shrub.