scour

英 [ˈskaʊə(r)]

美 [ˈskaʊər]

v. (彻底地)搜寻，搜查，翻找; (用粗糙的物体)擦净，擦亮; 冲刷成; 冲刷出

现在分词：scouring　过去式：scoured　过去分词：scoured　第三人称单数：scours　

Collins.1 / BNC.11212 / COCA.9501

牛津词典

verb

（彻底地）搜寻，搜查，翻找
to search a place or thing thoroughly in order to find sb/sth
1. We scoured the area for somewhere to pitch our tent.
  我们四处查看，想找一个搭帐篷的地方。
（用粗糙的物体）擦净，擦亮
to clean sth by rubbing its surface hard with rough material
1. I had to scour out the pans.
  我得把这些锅擦干净。
冲刷成；冲刷出
to make a passage, hole, or mark in the ground, rocks, etc. as the result of movement, especially over a long period
1. The water had raced down the slope and scoured out the bed of a stream.
  水顺着山坡流下来，冲刷出一条小河道。

VERB 四处搜索;细查
If youscoursomething such as a place or a book, you make a thorough search of it to try to find what you are looking for.
1. Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles...
  救援人员已经搜遍了30平方英里的范围。
2. We scoured the telephone directory for clues.
  我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。
VERB 擦净;擦亮
If youscoursomething such as a sink, floor, or pan, you clean its surface by rubbing it hard with something rough.
1. He decided to scour the sink.
  他决定把水池擦干净。

noun

verb

rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid
1. flush the wound with antibiotics
2. purge the old gas tank
Synonym:flushpurge
clean with hard rubbing
1. She scrubbed his back
Synonym:scrub
rub hard or scrub
1. scour the counter tops
Synonym:abrade
examine minutely
1. The police scoured the country for the fugitive

As I scour todays management literature, Im struck by how much of it relates to personal productivity.
当我搜索今天的时间管理类文献，我陷入思考：时间管理和个人的生产力水平有多大关系。
Rescue crews had scoured an area of 30 square miles
救援人员已经搜遍了30平方英里的范围。
Cent creams to protect skin and scour.
分为护肤膏和洗涤剂。
The paper calculates the volume of scour and fill of the Inner Mongolia section of the Yellow River respectively through the observed data of cross sections, coming sediment and variations of water level with same discharge and the results are basically the same.
摘要通过实测断面资料、来沙量资料和同流量水位的变化等，对黄河内蒙古河段的冲淤量分别进行了估算，其结果基本一致。
The rocks carry scour marks left by floods.
岩石上有被洪水冲刷过的痕迹。
Application of the measure of scour prevention of spur dike foundation in the practical engineering
丁坝基础冲刷防护措施在工程中的应用
Please scour rust spots from the knife.
请擦去刀上的锈斑。
He decided to scour the sink.
他决定把水池擦干净。
Mercerizing wash waters can be used to prepare scour, chlorine bleach.
丝光冲洗水可用作配制洗涤液氯漂白液。
Measurement and Analysis of Aerated Flow Velocity in Scour Hole of High Dam Jet Flow
高坝挑流冲刷坑中掺气水流的流速量测及其特性分析