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　

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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。

柯林斯词典

• 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。

英英释义

noun

• a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

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

双语例句

• Statistically speaking, scour is the most common reason for the failure of highway bridges in the United states.
  从统计上讲，冲刷是造成美国公路桥梁失效最常见的原因。
• Please scour rust spots from the knife.
  请擦去刀上的锈斑。
• Experiment study on the influence of local scour pit on flow field around piers
  局部冲刷坑形成影响桥墩附近流场特性的试验研究
• 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。
• Subsea scour prevention is the problem needed to solve for offshore structure.
  构筑物的海底防冲刷是海洋工程亟需解决的问题。
• 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。
• Scour is the removal of material of any size by flowing water.
  冲刷是指流动中的水将任何粒径的土壤冲走的现象。
• We scoured the telephone directory for clues.
  我们仔细查阅电话簿以寻找线索。
• You can scour dirty pans by rubbing them with scouring powder.
  用去污粉可以把脏盘子擦净。
• I admire the rock standing at the sea for it endures the scour of the tide.
  我钦佩那兀立在海边的岩石，它勇敢地迎接海的冲刷。