scour 音标拼音: [sk'ɑʊɚ] [sk'ɑʊr]
vt . 擦亮,洗涤,冲洗,清洗,冲刷成,急速穿过
vi . 擦,洗,冲刷,腹泻
擦亮,洗涤,冲洗,清洗,冲刷成,急速穿过擦,洗,冲刷,腹泻
scour n 1 :
a place that is scoured (
especially by running water )
v 1 :
examine minutely ; "
The police scoured the country for the fugitive "
2 :
clean with hard rubbing ; "
She scrubbed his back " [
synonym :
{
scrub }, {
scour }]
3 :
rub hard or scrub ; "
scour the counter tops " [
synonym : {
scour },
{
abrade }]
4 :
rinse ,
clean ,
or empty with a liquid ; "
flush the wound with antibiotics "; "
purge the old gas tank " [
synonym : {
flush },
{
scour }, {
purge }]
Scour \
Scour \,
v .
i .
1 .
To clean anything by rubbing . --
Shak .
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2 .
To cleanse anything .
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Warm water is softer than cold ,
for it scoureth better . --
Bacon .
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3 .
To be purged freely ;
to have a diarrhoea .
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4 .
To run swiftly ;
to rove or range in pursuit or search of something ;
to scamper .
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So four fierce coursers ,
starting to the race ,
Scour through the plain ,
and lengthen every pace .
--
Dryden .
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Scour \
Scour \ (
skour ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Scoured };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Scouring }.] [
Akin to LG .
sch ["
u ]
ren ,
D .
schuren ,
schueren ,
G .
scheuern ,
Dan .
skure ;
Sw .
skura ;
all possibly fr .
LL .
escurare ,
fr .
L .
ex curare to take care .
Cf .
{
Cure }.]
1 .
To rub hard with something rough ,
as sand or Bristol brick ,
especially for the purpose of cleaning ;
to clean by friction ;
to make clean or bright ;
to cleanse from grease ,
dirt ,
etc .,
as articles of dress .
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2 .
To purge ;
as ,
to scour a horse .
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3 .
To remove by rubbing or cleansing ;
to sweep along or off ;
to carry away or remove ,
as by a current of water ; --
often with off or away .
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[
I will ]
stain my favors in a bloody mask ,
Which ,
washed away ,
shall scour my shame with it .
--
Shak .
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4 . [
Perhaps a different word ;
cf .
OF .
escorre ,
escourre ,
It .
scorrere ,
both fr .
L .
excurrere to run forth .
Cf .
{
Excursion }.]
To pass swiftly over ;
to brush along ;
to traverse or search thoroughly ;
as ,
to scour the coast .
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Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain . --
Pope .
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5 .
To cleanse or clear ,
as by a current of water ;
to flush .
If my neighbor ought to scour a ditch . --
Blackstone .
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Scouring barrel },
a tumbling barrel .
See under {
Tumbling }.
{
Scouring cinder } (
Metal .),
a basic slag ,
which attacks the lining of a shaft furnace . --
Raymond .
{
Scouring rush }. (
Bot .)
See {
Dutch rush },
under {
Dutch }.
{
Scouring stock } (
Woolen Manuf .),
a kind of fulling mill .
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Scour \
Scour \,
n .
1 .
Diarrhoea or dysentery among cattle .
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2 .
The act of scouring .
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3 .
A place scoured out by running water ,
as in the bed of a stream below a fall .
If you catch the two sole denizens [
trout ]
of a particular scour ,
you will find another pair installed in their place to -
morrow . --
Grant Allen .
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Webster 1913 Suppl .]
190 Moby Thesaurus words for "
scour ":
ablate ,
abrade ,
abrase ,
baptize ,
bark ,
bath ,
bathe ,
beat ,
beat the bushes ,
beeline ,
bite ,
blow ,
blow out ,
bolt ,
buff ,
bullet ,
burnish ,
career ,
chafe ,
clean ,
clean out ,
cleanse ,
clear ,
clear away ,
clear off ,
clear out ,
clear the decks ,
comb ,
corrode ,
course ,
cover ,
dart ,
dash ,
defecate ,
deplete ,
do ,
douche ,
drain ,
eat ,
eat away ,
eliminate ,
empty ,
empty out ,
erase ,
erode ,
evacuate ,
exhaust ,
fan ,
ferret out ,
file ,
find ,
finish ,
fleet ,
fling ,
flit ,
flush ,
flush out ,
fly ,
forage ,
fray ,
frazzle ,
fret ,
furbish ,
gall ,
gargle ,
glance ,
glaze ,
gloss ,
gnaw ,
gnaw away ,
go over ,
grate ,
graze ,
grind ,
grub ,
haste ,
hasten ,
hie ,
highball ,
holystone ,
hump ,
hump it ,
hurry ,
hurtle ,
irrigate ,
lather ,
launder ,
lave ,
look ,
look all over ,
look everywhere ,
look for ,
luster ,
make haste ,
measure ,
mop ,
mop up ,
overpass ,
pass over ,
pass through ,
patrol ,
perambulate ,
peregrinate ,
pererrate ,
ply ,
polish ,
post ,
purge ,
race ,
rake ,
range ,
range over ,
ransack ,
rasp ,
raze ,
reconnoiter ,
remove ,
rifle ,
rinse ,
rinse out ,
ritually immerse ,
rocket ,
rout ,
rub ,
rub away ,
rub off ,
rub out ,
rummage ,
rush ,
scamper ,
scoot ,
scour out ,
scour the country ,
scout ,
scramble ,
scrape ,
scrub ,
scrub up ,
scud ,
scuff ,
scurry ,
scuttle ,
search ,
search high heaven ,
seek ,
shake ,
shake down ,
shampoo ,
shine ,
shoot ,
shower ,
skedaddle ,
skin ,
sleek ,
slick ,
slick down ,
sluice ,
sluice out ,
smoke ,
soap ,
speed ,
sponge ,
step on it ,
swab ,
sweep ,
sweep out ,
syringe ,
tear ,
toivel ,
toss ,
track ,
transit ,
travel over ,
travel through ,
traverse ,
tub ,
turn inside out ,
turn upside down ,
unclog ,
unfoul ,
varnish ,
vent ,
void ,
voyage ,
wash ,
wash out ,
wash up ,
wax ,
wear ,
wear away
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